Tuesday, July 17, 2012

O.I.E. BSE, CWD, SCRAPIE, TSE PRION DISEASE Final Report of the 80th General Session, 20 - 25 May 2012

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80 GS/FR – PARIS, May 2012

RESOLUTION No. 16

Recognition of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Risk Status of Member Countries CONSIDERING THAT

1. During the 67th General Session the OIE World Assembly of Delegates (Assembly) established a procedure for annually updating a list of Member Countries, categorised by their bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk according to the provisions of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (Terrestrial Code),

2. During the 76th General Session, the Assembly adopted Resolution No. XXII, which specified and updated the procedure for Member Countries to follow to achieve official recognition and maintenance of status of certain diseases,

3. During the 76th General Session, the Assembly adopted Resolution No. XXIII, which specified the financial implications for Member Countries applying for evaluation of official recognition or re-instatement of a BSE risk status to meet part of the costs defrayed by the OIE in the evaluation process,

4. Information published by the OIE is derived from declarations made by the OIE Delegate of Member Countries. The OIE is not responsible for publication and maintenance of Member Countries disease status based on inaccurate information or non-reporting of changes in epidemiological status or other significant events subsequent to the time of declaration of the BSE risk status.

THE ASSEMBLY

RESOLVES THAT


1. The Director General publish the following list of Member Countries recognised as having a negligible BSE risk in accordance with Chapter 11.5. of the Terrestrial Code:

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Denmark

Finland

Iceland

India

New Zealand

Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Singapore
Sweden
Uruguay


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2. The Director General publish the following list of Member Countries recognised as having a controlled BSE risk in accordance with Chapter 11.5. of the Terrestrial Code:
Canada

Chinese Taipei

Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Korea (Rep. of)
Latvia
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Mexico
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Poland
Portugal
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States of America
AND
3. The Delegates of these Member Countries shall immediately notify the Headquarters if BSE occurs in their countries or their territories.
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(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE on 22 May 2012)
The Delegate of Denmark, speaking on behalf of the 27 EU Member States, thanked Dr Thiermann and the Code Commission for the excellent work and supported the proposed work programme. The Delegate again requested the drafting of an introductory chapter to the Code, setting out which recommendations of the Code were relevant to international trade. The Delegate also recommended a partial revision of Chapter 14.9. (Scrapie), based on the written justification provided by the EU prior to this General Session.
328. Agent causing chronic wasting disease (CWD)


Dr Ben Jebara summarised the situation of the agent causing chronic wasting disease (CWD) which was a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE), along with other spongiform diseases, such as scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy. At the present time there was no scientific evidence that the infection was transmissible to domestic animals or to humans. Two countries reported the disease present in 2011: United States of America and Canada.
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United States of America


According to the information provided by the APHIS CWD website (official USA government website) the species known to be susceptible to CWD in North America were elk (Cervus canadensis), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and, possibly the red deer (Cervus elaphus) due to its genetic similarity to elk.


APHIS reported that the disease had been identified in different States in wild deer, moose and elk (Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming) and in farmed elk and deer herds (Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin).
According to the Questionnaire on Wildlife Diseases for 2011, the presence of the disease in the United States of America was limited to various zones. A total of 20,430 farmed elks were tested for surveillance purposes and two new elk herds were found to be CWD positive – each with at least one CWD-positive elk. During the past 10 years, CWD has been detected in 52 farmed herds (39 elk herds and 13 white-tailed deer herds) in 11 States in the United States of America. Data resulting from 2011 sampling would be available in late 2012.


Canada
According to the Questionnaire on Wildlife Diseases for 2011, the occurrence of infection (without clinical signs) in Canada was limited to various zones. Out of a total of 54 cases reported in wild animals, 45 were in mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), eight in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and one in an elk (Cervus canadensis). The disease has been identified in two Provinces, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Final Report of the 80th General Session, 20 - 25 May 2012 (pdf file, 4021Kb)
2002



Subject: Re: CWD AMERICA ???

Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 19:10:18 +0200

From: "INFORMATION DEPT" Organization: O.I.E

To: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."

References:

I agree with you Dr Terry. The OIE, namely the International Animal Health Code Commission is working on making proposals to Member Countries to change the OIE lists so to avoid some the problems mentioned in you e-mail. This will take at least two years before adoption by the International Committee. For BSE, countries asked the OIE to post information on BSE on the OIE web site.

Personally, I am interested in Chronic Wasting Disease and I follow what is distributed through ProMed. Delegates of OIE Member Countries can propose diseases to be added to the list.

Kind regards.

Karim Ben Jebara
=========================================





----- Original Message -----

From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."

To: "INFORMATION DEPT"

Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 8:43 PM

Subject: Re: CWD AMERICA ???

hello Dr. Jebara,

many thanks for your swift and kind reply.

if i am not mistaken, it was the same email address. it was 3 or 4 weeks ago i wrote, as it is, i don't save 'sent' emails anymore, unless very important.

my main concern (besides the fact that a potential TSE has been in the USA cattle for some time, but the APHIS do not test to find), is that the CWD could very well be transmitting to humans, and i just did not see to much posted about it on OIE site.

Coming back to your question, Chronic Wasting Disease is not an OIE

listed disease. Please see OIE disease lists at



http://www.oie.int/eng/maladies/en_classification.htm#ListeA).



why is this TSE (CWD) not listed and followed as with BSE ?'





Article 1.1.3.2. 1. Countries shall make available to other countries, through the OIE, whatever information is necessary to minimise the spread of important animal diseases and to assist in achieving better worldwide control of these diseases.



http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/MCode/A_00005.htm




The USA CWD is an important animal disease.

why is it not followed?

The decision to add or delete a disease from the OIE lists, come through proposals made by Member Countries and it has to be adopted by the International Committee.

i _urgently_ suggest a proposal to the OIE to follow this disease very closely, and to propose _more_ testing in the USA for TSEs in the USA cattle...


kindest regards, terry







INFORMATION DEPT wrote:

Dear Sir,

This is the first time that I receive your e-mail. To whom have you written in the OIE or to which address?

Coming back to your question, Chronic Wasting Disease is not an OIE listed disease. Please see OIE disease lists at



http://www.oie.int/eng/maladies/en_classification.htm#ListeA).




Countries should report to the OIE any disease even is not listed in the OIE's lists in some conditions (example: an exceptional epidemiological event). Please read Chapter 1.1.3 of the International animal health code to have more information on disease notification and epidemiological information agreed by OIE Member Countries at :
http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/MCode/A_00005.htm





The decision to add or delete a disease from the OIE lists, come through proposals made by Member Countries and it has to be adopted by the International Committee.





Hope that I answered to your question.


Best regards.

Dr Karim Ben Jebara Head Animal Health Information Department OIE



----- Original Message -----


From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."

To:

Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 6:18 PM

Subject: CWD AMERICA ???

I WROTE TO OIE RECENTLY ASKING 'WHY OIE DOES NOT FOLLOW CWD IN AMERICA' ? with no reply ? i am still seeking an answer ?

many thanks, and kind regards, terry

=====================


SNIP...
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
To: wahis_devt@oie.int
Cc: m.zampaglione@oie.int ; oie@oie.int ; rma-mrr@tbs-sct.gc.ca ; B.Vallat@oie.int
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 2:31 PM
Subject: TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES in the USA and OIE reporting of it ???


Greetings again OIE,


I am deeply concerned that the OIE has completely given up on the surveillance and eradication of TSE around the Globe. I am disappointed, and IF the OIE gives favorable ratings for the USA TSE rating with the new BSE/BASE MRR policy, I will then have lost all confidence of this organization as a regulatory authority on animal disease, and consider it nothing more than a National Trading Brokerage for all strains of animal TSE, just to satisfy there commodity. AS i said before, OIE should hang up there jock strap now, since it appears they will buckle every time a country makes some political hay about trade protocol, commodities and futures. IF they are not going to be science based, they should do everyone a favor and dissolve there organization. ...



1st and foremost question,

IF THE OIE gives favorable ratings for USA BSE/BASE/TSE, by what means will it be justified (scientific, not political) ??? ;


Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 9:12 PM
Subject: BSE; MRR; IMPORTATION OF LIVE BOVINES AND PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM BOVINES [Docket No. APHIS-2006-0041] RIN 0579-AC01 COMMENT SUBMISSION


January 28, 2007



Greetings APHIS,


I would kindly like to submit the following to ;


snip...


THE USA is in a most unique situation, one of unknown circumstances with human and animal TSE. THE USA has the most documented TSE in different species to date, with substrains growing in those species (BSE/BASE in cattle and CWD in deer and elk, there is evidence here with different strains), and we know that sheep scrapie has over 20 strains of the typical scrapie with atypical scrapie documented and also BSE is very likely to have passed to sheep. all of which have been rendered and fed back to animals for human and animal consumption, a frightening scenario. WE do not know the outcome, and to play with human life around the globe with the very likely TSE tainted products from the USA, in my opinion is like playing Russian roulette, of long duration, with potential long and enduring consequences, of which once done, cannot be undone. These are the facts as I have come to know through daily and extensive research of TSE over 9 years, since 12/14/97. I do not pretend to have all the answers, but i do know to continue to believe in the ukbsenvcjd only theory of transmission to humans of only this one strain from only this one TSE from only this one part of the globe, will only lead to further failures, and needless exposure to humans from all strains of TSE, and possibly many more needless deaths from TSE via a multitude of proven routes and sources via many studies with primates and rodents and other species.



MY personal belief, since you ask, is that not only the Canadian border, but the USA border, and the Mexican border should be sealed up tighter than a drum for exporting there TSE tainted products, until a validated, 100% sensitive test is available, and all animals for human and animal consumption are tested. all we are doing is the exact same thing the UK did with there mad cow poisoning when they exported it all over the globe, all the while knowing what they were doing. this BSE MRR policy is nothing more than a legal tool to do just exactly what the UK did, thanks to the OIE and GW, it's legal now. and they executed Saddam for poisoning ???

go figure. ...


Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
P.O. Box 42
Bacliff, Texas USA 77518



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2nd question to OIE,

WHY HAS OIE FAILED TO REPORT THE NOR98 CASE DOCUMENTED IN THE USA ???



NOR98-LIKE STRAIN OF SCRAPIE FOUND IN WYOMING (1791 lines)
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:08:15 -0500



http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0704&L=sanet-mg&T=0&P=8315


AND, what about the DECLARATION OF EXTRAORDINARY EMERGENCY DUE TO ATYPICAL TSE IN THOSE MAD SHEEP OF MAD RIVER VALLEY ???


FOIA REQUEST FOR ATYPICAL TSE INFORMATION ON VERMONT SHEEP
Re: FOIA REQUEST FOR ATYPICAL TSE INFORMATION ON VERMONT SHEEP (4843 lines)
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 14:43:32 -0500

http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0704&L=sanet-mg&T=0&P=816




3RD question to OIE
,

WHY HAS OIE FAILED ON THERE PROMISE TO BRING THE REAL POTENTIAL FOR CWD RISK FACTORS TOWARD TRANSMISSION TO HUMANS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC AROUND THE GLOBE ???


Subject: Re: CWD AMERICA ???
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 19:10:18 +0200
From: "INFORMATION DEPT"
Organization: O.I.E
To: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."


References: <3D2F0169.3@wt.net> <012901c229b2$ad43bb90$7f00000a@HPKB>
3D2F2358.5010700@wt.net


I agree with you Dr Terry. The OIE, namely the International Animal
Health Code Commission is working on making proposals to Member
Countries to change the OIE lists so to avoid some the problems
mentioned in you e-mail. This will take at least two years before
adoption by the International Committee. For BSE, countries asked the
OIE to post information on BSE on the OIE web site.

Personally, I am interested in Chronic Wasting Disease and I follow what
is distributed through ProMed. Delegates of OIE Member Countries can
propose diseases to be added to the list.

Kind regards.
Karim Ben Jebara
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
To: "INFORMATION DEPT"
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: CWD AMERICA ???


> hello Dr. Jebara,
>
> many thanks for your swift and kind reply.
>
> if i am not mistaken, it was the same email address.
> it was 3 or 4 weeks ago i wrote, as it is, i don't
> save 'sent' emails anymore, unless very important.
>
> my main concern (besides the fact that a potential TSE
> has been in the USA cattle for some time, but the APHIS
> do not test to find), is that the CWD could very well be
> transmitting to humans, and i just did not see to much
> posted about it on OIE site.
>
> > Coming back to your question, Chronic Wasting Disease is not an OIE
>
> > listed disease. Please see OIE disease lists at
>
> http://www.oie.int/eng/maladies/en_classification.htm#ListeA).
>
> why is this TSE (CWD) not listed and followed as with BSE ?
>
> Article 1.1.3.2.
> 1. Countries shall make available to other countries, through the
> OIE, whatever information is necessary to minimise the spread of
> important animal diseases and to assist in achieving better worldwide
> control of these diseases.
>
> http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/MCode/A_00005.htm
>
> The USA CWD is an important animal disease.
>
> why is it not followed?
>
> > The decision to add or delete a disease from the OIE lists, come
>
> > through proposals made by Member Countries and it has to be adopted by
>
> > the International Committee.
>
> i _urgently_ suggest a proposal to the OIE to follow this disease very
> closely, and to propose _more_ testing in the USA for TSEs in the USA
> cattle...
>
> kindest regards,
> terry
>
> INFORMATION DEPT wrote:
>
> > Dear Sir,
> >
> > This is the first time that I receive your e-mail. To whom have you
written
> > in the OIE or to which address?
> >
> > Coming back to your question, Chronic Wasting Disease is not an OIE
listed
> > disease. Please see OIE disease lists at
> > http://www.oie.int/eng/maladies/en_classification.htm#ListeA).
> >
> > Countries should report to the OIE any disease even is not listed
in the
> > OIE's lists in some conditions (example: an exceptional epidemiological
> > event). Please read Chapter 1.1.3 of the International animal health
code to
> > have more information on disease notification and epidemiological
> > information agreed by OIE Member Countries at :
> > http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/MCode/A_00005.htm
> >
> > The decision to add or delete a disease from the OIE lists, come
through
> > proposals made by Member Countries and it has to be adopted by the
> > International Committee.
> >
> > Hope that I answered to your question.
> >
> > Best regards.
> >
> > Dr Karim Ben Jebara
> > Head
> > Animal Health Information Department
> > OIE
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
> > To:
> > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 6:18 PM
> > Subject: CWD AMERICA ???
> >
> >
> >
> >>I WROTE TO OIE RECENTLY ASKING 'WHY OIE DOES NOT FOLLOW CWD IN
> >>AMERICA' ? with no reply ? i am still seeking an answer ?
> >>
> >>many thanks,
> >>and kind regards,
> >>terry
=====================

SNIP...END

OIE needs to seriously consider making CWD (all strains) a Zoonotic Disease sooner, rather than later, after the fact, when millions have already become exposed.
why you ask, because CWD transmits to primates, as with BSE, and maybe humans as GSS ???

Re: Colorado Surveillance Program for Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission to Humans (TWO SUSPECT CASES) (8150 lines)
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 16:22:22 -0500


FURTHER into this case study, Colorado Surveillance Program for Chronic Wasting Disease Transmission to Humans
(TWO SUSPECT CASES) a look at case 1 and case 2 ;


CASE 1
A 52-year-old right-handed woman presented with a
1-year history of progressive memory loss, language impairment,
visuospatial disturbance, and myoclonus. She
related that she had been a histology technician in a laboratory
that processed tissue specimens from deer and elk
with CWD and had handled specimens without wearing
gloves. Both she and her family expressed significant
concerns about the possibility of transdermal transmission
of CWD. Her family history was negative for
dementia and other neurologic disorders. Brain magnetic
resonance imaging showed mild diffuse volume loss,
and electroencephalography demonstrated mild diffuse
slowing. Other laboratory studies were unremarkable. Cerebrospinal
fluid findings were unremarkable except for
a weakly immunostaining 14-3-3 protein band, an indeterminate
finding for the diagnosis of prion disease. Genetic
testing of the prion protein gene was normal, revealing
methionine homozygosity at codon 129. Brain
biopsy results were negative for the presence of proteaseresistant
prion protein but showed definite Alzheimer disease
with numerous neuritic plaques and tau-positive neurofibrillary
tangles (Figure). Further analysis of brain
tissue at the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance
Center was negative for prion disease by Western
blot analysis. Subsequent investigation by the state department
of health revealed the patient had worked in
an area of the laboratory that conducted necropsies on
domestic animals and had never been assigned to the
CWD testing laboratory. The Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment could not confirm that
the technician had ever worked with deer and elk tissues.

CASE 2
This 25-year-old right-handed man had a 4-month history
of progressive gait disturbance, myoclonus, hallucinations,
slowed cognition, impaired attention, and
memory loss. He had hunted deer and elk in a CWD endemic
area of southern Wyoming and cooked and ate the
field-dressed meat. His family history was significant in
that his mother had died of a dementing disease at age
40 years, although there was neither a clinical diagnosis
nor an autopsy. Brain magnetic resonance imaging findings
were unremarkable, and electroencephalography
demonstrated 1-Hz high-amplitude periodic sharp wave
complexes. Other laboratory studies had negative results.
Testing for the 14-3-3 protein had positive results,
but the cerebrospinal fluid was otherwise unremarkable.
The diagnosis of Gerstmann-Stra¨ussler-Scheinker
syndrome, a familial prion disease, was confirmed with
a detailed autopsy examination and referral of the brain
to the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center.
Autopsy brain tissue showed the presence of proteaseresistant
prion protein by Western blot analysis. Genetic
evaluation revealed the P102L mutation in the prion protein
gene with methionine/valine heterozygosity at codon
129.

snip...end

I can't understand how they can keep claiming 'low, or no occupational transmission of CJD' ??? when there have been many cases that should have raised awareness, and in some cases they did, only to be swept under the rug as the infamous sporadic CJD, or some other TSE other than the nvCJD of the ukbsenvcjd only theory. it's a blown theory no one will accept too. lets look at a few occupational cases. ...TSS

now, some things to ponder ;

Questions:
1. Do neuritic plaques and tau-positive neurofibrillary tangles indicate
definite AD? Aren't these also found in GSS? What about concurrent AD
and TSE?

2. Are the NPDPSC results conclusive? Do WB results depend on the part
of the brain sampled?

3. Doesn't it seem unlikely the woman would flat-out lie about working
with CWD tissues? (I'm working on this locally.)

4. What about cross-contamination? The lab gets large numbers of
scrapie-infected sheep and CWD-infected deer and elk. I assume the
necropsy area is contaminated with TSEs.


snip...

>
> > Results Neuropathological and genetic assessment in the 2 patients proved
> the
>
> > diagnoses of early-onset Alzheimer disease and a rare genetic prion
> disease
>
>
> very interesting, and something to ponder here for sure ;
>
>
>
>
> AS implied in the Inset 25 we must not _ASSUME_ that
> transmission of BSE to other species will invariably
> present pathology typical of a scrapie-like disease.
>
> snip...
>
>
>
> http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1991/01/04004001.pdf
>
>
>
>
> and i think this would apply to CWD to humans as well.
>
>
>
>
> > rare genetic prion disease
>
>
>
>
> would be interesting to know the exact genetic TSE they are speaking of.
> GSS, FFI, Familial/Genetic CJD, and or the sporadic FFI that is not genetic,
> and don't ask me why ??? does not make sense to me either. it's either
> genetic or not. like i have said many times, the diagnostic criteria
> differentiating the different human and animal TSE is missing something. but
> if you have a strain of genetic/familial TSE i.e. FFI, and then you classify
> a sub-type of that strain that use to be gentic to sporadic, then you have
> either gone back to sCJD, or the complete damn diagnostic criteria is wrong.
> you just have well named the damn thing ;
>
>
>
>
> Parchi-Capellari-Chin-Schwarz-Schecter-Butts-Hudkins-Burns-Powers-Gambetti-D
> ISEASE.
>
> TSS
>
>
>
>
> Subject: Alzheimer-type neuropathology in a 28-year old patient with
> iatrogenic CJD after dural grafting
> Date: March 9, 2007 at 9:15 am PST
>
> HUMAN-04



snip...full text ;

http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0704&L=sanet-mg&T=0&P=1165

IN my opinion the WOAH/OIE is nothing more than a organized bunch of lobbyist for the members Countries in support of there INDUSTRY, bound together as one, with the only purpose of open trade for there precious commodities and futures. Speaking only of BSE, they failed at every corner, and then just said to hell with it, well just trade all strains of TSE globally.
snip...
NOW, ask yourself why not one single mad cow has been documented in the USA since the Honorable Phyllis Fong of the OIG did the end around Johanns, Dehaven et al ??? found two atypical BSE or BASE cases and they flat shut it down i tell you. IF the OIE gives a favorable rating, IF the OIE gives any other rating but the lowest, poorest possible BSE/TSE rating, the OIE will have sealed there fate once and for all, because most of the world knows the truth about the USA and there mad cows. THE OIE will then be able to stand side by side with the USA, and proudly claim to have sold there soul to the devil, all for a buck, commodities and futures, to hell with human health. A 'CONTROLLED' RATING IS EXACTLY what the OIE will get if that is what they classify the USA as a 'CONTROLLED RATING'. IT will be controlled by Johanns, Dehaven, and GW. IT WILL BE RIGGED in other words. but that is nothing new, it's been rigged for years. ...

http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0703&L=sanet-mg&D=0&P=498

Re: REPORT ON THE INVESTIGATION OF THE NINTH CASE OF BSE IN CANADA UPDATE MARCH 26, 2007 (921 lines)
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:48:11 -0600

Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:54:12 -0500
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Sender: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group
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From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr." <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Birth cohort of CANADIAN BSE-positive animal was exported to
the United States
Content-type: multipart/alternative;


Subject: Re: Birth cohort of CANADIAN BSE-positive animal was exported to the United States
Date: April 10, 2007 at 10:33 am PST

"It most likely" entered the food supply "given that it was slaughtered," said Karen Eggert, a spokeswoman with USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

"But it wouldn't have gone to slaughter if it was showing any clinical signs for BSE. We're not looking at this as a possibility that a BSE infected cow got into the United States," she said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1040765520070410


how in the heck does she know ??? does she know what sub-clinical means ???
snip...full text ; http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0704&L=sanet-mg&T=0&P=7609
23.2 BSE-infected mad cows in the standing Canadian adult cattle population. very disturbing... http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/hot_issues/bse/downloads/BSE_Prevalence.pdf http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0703&L=sanet-mg&D=0&P=15653


BSE; MRR; IMPORTATION OF LIVE BOVINES AND PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM
BOVINES [Docket No. APHIS-2006-0041] RIN 0579-AC01


http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0701&L=sanet-mg&D=0&P=3854


NOW, FINAL QUESTION TO OIE, HOW CAN OIE JUSTIFY GIVING USA A FAVORABLE RATING ON BSE/BASE/TSE MRR POLICY WHEN THE USA HAS THE MOST DOCUMENTED TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES IN MORE SPECIES THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY, ALL OF WHICH HAS BEEN RENDERED AND FED BACK TO ANIMALS (CATTLE INCLUDED) FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL CONSUMPTION, AND ALSO HAS THE MOST DOCUMENTED ATTEMPTS AT COVERING UP MAD COW DISEASES IN THE USA, ALSO, MORE BLATANTLY AND HAPHAZARDLY THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, HOW CAN ONE JUSTIFY A FAVORABLE MAD COW RATING WITH ALL THIS $$$

THE ONLY BSE MRR RATING THE USA AND ALL OF NORTH AMERICA SHOULD GET IS A TERRIBLY FAILED RATING, SCIENTIFICALLY SPEAKING, THIS IS THE ONLY RATING POSSIBLE. ANY OTHER RATING WILL PROVE THE OIE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A FAILED AUTHORITY ON HUMAN/ANIMAL DISEASE, AND THEIR MOTO OF ''Protecting the world from emerging diseases linked to globalisation'' will read more like ''PROTECTING OUR COMMODITIES AND FUTURES FROM DEAD CONSUMERS FAMILIES LINKED TO EMERGING POLITICS''

I am still sincerely disgusted,

Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
P.O. Box 42
Bacliff, Texas USA 77518



Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Presence and Seeding Activity of Pathological Prion Protein (PrPTSE) in Skeletal Muscles of White-Tailed Deer Infected with Chronic Wasting Disease

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2011/04/presence-and-seeding-activity-of.html



CWD has been identified in free-ranging cervids in 15 US states and 2 Canadian provinces and in ≈ 100 captive herds in 15 states and provinces and in South Korea (Figure 1, panel B).



SNIP...



Long-term effects of CWD on cervid populations and ecosystems remain unclear as the disease continues to spread and prevalence increases. In captive herds, CWD might persist at high levels and lead to complete herd destruction in the absence of human culling. Epidemiologic modeling suggests the disease could have severe effects on free-ranging deer populations, depending on hunting policies and environmental persistence (8,9). CWD has been associated with large decreases in free-ranging mule deer populations in an area of high CWD prevalence (Boulder, Colorado, USA) (5).



PLEASE STUDY THIS MAP, COMPARE FARMED CWD TO WILD CWD...TSS

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/3/11-0685-f1.htm


Saturday, February 18, 2012



 Occurrence, Transmission, and Zoonotic Potential of Chronic Wasting Disease
 CDC Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012



 CWD has been identified in free-ranging cervids in 15 US states and 2 Canadian provinces and in ≈100 captive herds in 15 states and provinces and in South Korea (Figure 1, panel B).



http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/3/11-0685_article.htm




Thursday, February 09, 2012


50 GAME FARMS IN USA INFECTED WITH CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE


http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2012/02/50-game-farms-to-date-in-usa-infected.html




 Monday, June 11, 2012


 OHIO Captive deer escapees and non-reporting



http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2012/06/ohio-captive-deer-escapees-and-non.html





Tuesday, June 19, 2012


Experimental Oral Transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease to Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)



http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2012/06/experimental-oral-transmission-of.html




Monday, June 18, 2012


natural cases of CWD in eight Sika deer (Cervus nippon) and five Sika/red deer crossbreeds captive Korea and Experimental oral transmission to red deer (Cervus elaphus elaphus)


http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2012/06/natural-cases-of-cwd-in-eight-sika-deer.html




Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Far West Texas


http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2012/07/chronic-wasting-disease-detected-in-far.html




SEE FULL HISTORY OF MY EFFORTS TO WARN TAHC ON CWD IN WEST TEXAS SINCE 2001


Monday, March 26, 2012

Texas Prepares for Chronic Wasting Disease CWD Possibility in Far West Texas

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2012/03/texas-prepares-for-chronic-wasting.html




Thursday, July 12, 2012

CWD aka MAD DEER, ELK DISEASE TEXAS HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Brain-eating disease found in Texas deer

http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/2012/07/cwd-aka-mad-deer-elk-disease-texas.html





LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Volume 3, Number 8 01 August 2003

Newsdesk

Tracking spongiform encephalopathies in North America

Xavier Bosch

My name is Terry S Singeltary Sr, and I live in Bacliff, Texas. I lost my mom to hvCJD (Heidenhain variant CJD) and have been searching for answers ever since. What I have found is that we have not been told the truth. CWD in deer and elk is a small portion of a much bigger problem.

49-year-old Singeltary is one of a number of people who have remained largely unsatisfied after being told that a close relative died from a rapidly progressive dementia compatible with spontaneous Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). So he decided to gather hundreds of documents on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) and realised that if Britons could get variant CJD from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), Americans might get a similar disorder from chronic wasting disease (CWD)the relative of mad cow disease seen among deer and elk in the USA. Although his feverish search did not lead him to the smoking gun linking CWD to a similar disease in North American people, it did uncover a largely disappointing situation.

Singeltary was greatly demoralised at the few attempts to monitor the occurrence of CJD and CWD in the USA. Only a few states have made CJD reportable. Human and animal TSEs should be reportable nationwide and internationally, he complained in a letter to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA 2003; 285: 733). I hope that the CDC does not continue to expect us to still believe that the 85% plus of all CJD cases which are sporadic are all spontaneous, without route or source.

Until recently, CWD was thought to be confined to the wild in a small region in Colorado. But since early 2002, it has been reported in other areas, including Wisconsin, South Dakota, and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Indeed, the occurrence of CWD in states that were not endemic previously increased concern about a widespread outbreak and possible transmission to people and cattle.

To date, experimental studies have proven that the CWD agent can be transmitted to cattle by intracerebral inoculation and that it can cross the mucous membranes of the digestive tract to initiate infection in lymphoid tissue before invasion of the central nervous system. Yet the plausibility of CWD spreading to people has remained elusive.

Getting data on TSEs in the USA from the government is like pulling teeth, Singeltary argues. You get it when they want you to have it, and only what they want you to have.


SNIP...FULL TEXT ;


http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473309903007151/%20fulltext


 http://chronic-wasting-disease.blogspot.com/




Wednesday, June 27, 2012

First US BSE Case Since 2006 Underscores Need for Vigilance

Neurology Today 21 June 2012

 http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/06/first-us-bse-case-since-2006.html




Sunday, May 6, 2012

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Mad Cow Disease, BSE May 2, 2012 IOWA State University OIE

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/05/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy-mad.html


 http://bseusa.blogspot.com/


http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/




Thursday, March 29, 2012


atypical Nor-98 Scrapie has spread from coast to coast in the USA 2012


NIAA Annual Conference April 11-14, 2011San Antonio, Texas


http://nor-98.blogspot.com/2012/03/atypical-nor-98-scrapie-has-spread-from.html




Monday, June 11, 2012


another atypical Nor-98 Scrapie case documented in Canada for 2012


http://nor-98.blogspot.com/2012/06/another-atypical-nor-98-scrapie-case.html



Subject: USA BSE GBR ANNEX CONCLUSION


5. CONCLUSION ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL BSE-RISK


5.1 The current GBR as function of the past stability and challenge


• The current geographical BSE risk (GBR) level is III, i.e. it is likely but not
confirmed that domestic cattle are (clinically or pre-clinically) infected with the
BSE-agent.



Note1: It is also worth noting that the current GBR conclusions are not dependent on
the large exchange of imports between USA and Canada. External challenge due to
exports to the USA from European countries varied from moderate to high. These
Annex to the EFSA Scientific Report (2004) 3, 1-17 on the Assessment of the
Geographical BSE Risk of USA



- 16 -



challenges indicate that it was likely that BSE infectivity was introduced into the
North American continent.



Note2: This assessment deviates from the previous assessment (SSC opinion, 2000)
because at that time several exporting countries were not considered a potential risk.



5.2 The expected development of the GBR as a function of the past
and present stability and challenge



• As long as there are no significant changes in rendering or feeding, the stability
remains extremely/very unstable. Thus, the probability of cattle to be (preclinically
or clinically) infected with the BSE-agent persistently increases.



• Since recent improvements in the safety of MBM production in many countries
or significant recent reductions in the incidence of BSE are not taken into
account for the assessment of the external challenge, the external challenge
assessed after 2001 could be overestimated and is the worst case assumption.
However all current GBR conclusions are not dependent on these assumptions
in any of the countries assessed. For future assessments and when the impact of
the production, surveillance and true incidence changes have been fully
quantified, these developments should be taken into account.



http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/scdocs/doc/3rax1.pdf





When the OIE and the USDA et al collaborated to make legal the trading of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy, when they did away with the BSE GBR risk assessments, where the USA, Canada, and Mexico were categorized as BSE GBR III. please see ;




EFSA concludes that the current GBR level of USA is III, i.e. it is likely but not confirmed that domestic cattle are (clinically or pre-clinically) infected with the BSE-agent. As long as there are no significant changes in rendering or feeding, the stability remains extremely/very unstable. Thus, the probability of cattle to be (pre-clinically or clinically) infected with the BSE-agent persistently increases.




snip...

Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Risk (GBR) were asked by the European Commission (EC) to provide an up-to-date scientific report on the GBR in the United States of America, i.e. the likelihood of the presence of one or more cattle being infected with BSE, pre-clinically as well as clinically, in USA. This scientific report addresses the GBR of USA as assessed in 2004 based on data covering the period 1980-2003. The BSE agent was probably imported into USA and could have reached domestic cattle in the middle of the eighties. These cattle imported in the mid eighties could have been rendered in the late eighties and therefore led to an internal challenge in the early nineties. It is possible that imported meat and bone meal (MBM) into the USA reached domestic cattle and leads to an internal challenge in the early nineties. A processing risk developed in the late 80s/early 90s when cattle imports from BSE risk countries were slaughtered or died and were processed (partly) into feed, together with some imports of MBM. This risk continued to exist, and grew significantly in the mid 90’s when domestic cattle, infected by imported MBM, reached processing. Given the low stability of the system, the risk increased over the years with continued imports of cattle and MBM from BSE risk countries.



EFSA concludes that the current GBR level of USA is III, i.e. it is likely but not confirmed that domestic cattle are (clinically or pre-clinically) infected with the BSE-agent. As long as there are no significant changes in rendering or feeding, the stability remains extremely/very unstable. Thus, the probability of cattle to be (pre-clinically or clinically) infected with the BSE-agent persistently increases. Key words: BSE, geographical risk assessment, GBR, USA, third countries



http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1211902594180.htm



http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/doc/3r.pdf




5. CONCLUSION ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL BSE-RISK



5.1 The current GBR as function of the past stability and challenge



• The current geographical BSE risk (GBR) level is III, i.e. it is likely but not confirmed that domestic cattle are (clinically or pre-clinically) infected with the BSE-agent.



Note1: It is also worth noting that the current GBR conclusions are not dependent on the large exchange of imports between USA and Canada. External challenge due to exports to the USA from European countries varied from moderate to high. These Annex to the EFSA Scientific Report (2004) 3, 1-17 on the Assessment of the Geographical BSE Risk of USA



- 16 -



challenges indicate that it was likely that BSE infectivity was introduced into the North American continent.



Note2: This assessment deviates from the previous assessment (SSC opinion, 2000) because at that time several exporting countries were not considered a potential risk. 5.2 The expected development of the GBR as a function of the past and present stability and challenge



• As long as there are no significant changes in rendering or feeding, the stability remains extremely/very unstable. Thus, the probability of cattle to be (preclinically or clinically) infected with the BSE-agent persistently increases.



• Since recent improvements in the safety of MBM production in many countries or significant recent reductions in the incidence of BSE are not taken into account for the assessment of the external challenge, the external challenge assessed after 2001 could be overestimated and is the worst case assumption. However all current GBR conclusions are not dependent on these assumptions in any of the countries assessed. For future assessments and when the impact of the production, surveillance and true incidence changes have been fully quantified, these developments should be taken into account.



http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/scdocs/doc/3rax1.pdf




Annex to the EFSA Scientific Report (2004) 3, 1-17 on the Assessment of the Geographical BSE Risk of USA



please see full text ;



http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/scdocs/doc/3rax1.pdf





YET, in 2010, tons and tons of banned mad cow protein are still in commerce here in the USA, scientific studies are being misconstrued and manipulated by ARS USDA, which are still going by TSE science that is decades old, while refusing to acknowledge new scientific studies, and FOIA requests are still being held up by the USDA et al on these urgent matters (see source related materials below). CJD of unknown phenotype, in victims that are getting younger, with longer clinical course from first onset of symptoms to death are occurring, in fact, sporadic CJD is still rising, where the TSEs in the different species are mutating here in the USA, and we still have this same dog and pony show by the OIE and USDA et al. IF you go back and look at the Countries that went by these OIE BSE guidelines, most all came down with BSE. I have said it before, I was say it again now, OIE should hang up there jock strap now, since it appears they will buckle every time a country makes some political hay about trade protocol, commodities and futures. IF they are not going to be science based, they should do everyone a favor and dissolve there organization. ...TSS




see full text and reasons why here ;



http://usdameatexport.blogspot.com/2010/06/us-denied-upgraded-bse-status-from-oie.html



http://www.agweekly.com/articles/2010/06/30/commodities/livestock/lvstk10.txt




Geographical BSE risk assessment and its impact on disease detection and dissemination



Original Research Article



Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Available online 1 February 2012,



Mo Salman, Vittorio Silano, Dagmar Heim, Joachim Kreysa


Preventive Veterinary Medicine


1 February 2012



Geographical BSE risk assessment and its impact on disease detection and dissemination



Salman M, Silano V, Heim D, Kreysa J.



Source



Campus Stop 1644, Animal Population Health Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1644, USA.



Abstract



Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) rapidly evolved into an issue of major public concern particularly when, in 1996, evidence was provided that this disease had crossed the species barrier and infected humans in the UK with what has become known as "variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease" (vCJD). The aim of this paper is to describe the European Geographical BSE risk assessment (GBR) that was successfully used for assessing the qualitative likelihood that BSE could be present in a country where it was not yet officially recognized. It also discusses how this can lead to risk-based and therefore preventive management of BSE at national and international levels. The basic assumption of the GBR method is that the BSE agent is initially introduced into a country's domestic cattle production system through the importation of contaminated feedstuffs or live cattle. This is referred to as an "external challenge". The ability of the system to cope with such a challenge is, in turn, referred to as its "stability": a stable system will not allow the BSE agent to propagate and amplify following its introduction, while an unstable system will. The BSE-status of a country assessed by this system was used by the European Commission as the basis for trade legislation rules for cattle and their products. The GBR was an invaluable tool in evaluating the potential global spread of BSE as it demonstrated how a disease could be transferred through international trade. This was shown to be a critical factor to address in reducing the spread and amplification of BSE throughout the world. Furthermore, GBR resulted in the implementation of additional measures and management activities both to improve surveillance and to prevent transmission within the cattle population.



Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.



http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167587712000244



see more here ;



http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/02/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy-bse-31.html




USDA INC. BSE surveillance




this also was a complete failure as well, to a point that the GAO caught the USDA et al in their BSE testing surveillance program, red handed testing cattle they knew were healthy, free of BSE. yes, up to 100 farms testing for mad cow disease, but the animals in question, were all healthy animal brains, and they knew it. but that was not the only failures in the BSE testing program, that was just part of it. the USDA covered up two mad cows in Texas, one finally confirmed after an act of Congress by the OIG made the USDA retest that cow, some 7 months later, and finally confirm, what they already knew with a SECRET test that had tested positive 7 months previously, and finally were forced to confirm this second mad cow in Texas. it got so bad around 2005, that the top prion scientist at the NIH Paul Brown, said "Everything they did on the Texas cow makes everything they did before 2005 suspect," Brown said.




http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2006/03/15/Analysis-What-that-mad-cow-means/UPI-12841142465253/




http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2008/08/creekstone-vs-usda-court-of-appeals.html


Wednesday, May 2, 2012

ARS FLIP FLOPS ON SRM REMOVAL FOR ATYPICAL L-TYPE BASE BSE RISK HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy




Saturday, May 26, 2012



Are USDA assurances on mad cow case 'gross oversimplification'?



SNIP...



What irks many scientists is the USDA’s April 25 statement that the rare disease is “not generally associated with an animal consuming infected feed.”



The USDA’s conclusion is a “gross oversimplification,” said Dr. Paul Brown, one of the world’s experts on this type of disease who retired recently from the National Institutes of Health. "(The agency) has no foundation on which to base that statement.”



“We can’t say it’s not feed related,” agreed Dr. Linda Detwiler, an official with the USDA during the Clinton Administration now at Mississippi State.



In the May 1 email to me, USDA’s Cole backed off a bit. “No one knows the origins of atypical cases of BSE,” she said


The argument about feed is critical because if feed is the cause, not a spontaneous mutation, the California cow could be part of a larger outbreak.



SNIP...



http://bseusa.blogspot.com/2012/05/are-usda-assurances-on-mad-cow-case.html




P.9.21



Molecular characterization of BSE in Canada



Jianmin Yang1, Sandor Dudas2, Catherine Graham2, Markus Czub3, Tim McAllister1, Stefanie Czub1 1Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Canada; 2National and OIE BSE Reference Laboratory, Canada; 3University of Calgary, Canada



 Background: Three BSE types (classical and two atypical) have been identified on the basis of molecular characteristics of the misfolded protein associated with the disease. To date, each of these three types have been detected in Canadian cattle.



 Objectives: This study was conducted to further characterize the 16 Canadian BSE cases based on the biochemical properties of there associated PrPres. Methods: Immuno-reactivity, molecular weight, glycoform profiles and relative proteinase K sensitivity of the PrPres from each of the 16 confirmed Canadian BSE cases was determined using modified Western blot analysis.



 Results: Fourteen of the 16 Canadian BSE cases were C type, 1 was H type and 1 was L type. The Canadian H and L-type BSE cases exhibited size shifts and changes in glycosylation similar to other atypical BSE cases. PK digestion under mild and stringent conditions revealed a reduced protease resistance of the atypical cases compared to the C-type cases. N terminal- specific antibodies bound to PrPres from H type but not from C or L type. The C-terminal-specific antibodies resulted in a shift in the glycoform profile and detected a fourth band in the Canadian H-type BSE.



 Discussion: The C, L and H type BSE cases in Canada exhibit molecular characteristics similar to those described for classical and atypical BSE cases from Europe and Japan. This supports the theory that the importation of BSE contaminated feedstuff is the source of C-type BSE in Canada.



*** It also suggests a similar cause or source for atypical BSE in these countries.



 http://www.prion2009.com/sites/default/files/Prion2009_Book_of_Abstracts.pdf




Thursday, August 12, 2010


Seven main threats for the future linked to prions



First threat



The TSE road map defining the evolution of European policy for protection against prion diseases is based on a certain numbers of hypotheses some of which may turn out to be erroneous. In particular, a form of BSE (called atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), recently identified by systematic testing in aged cattle without clinical signs, may be the origin of classical BSE and thus potentially constitute a reservoir, which may be impossible to eradicate if a sporadic origin is confirmed.



***Also, a link is suspected between atypical BSE and some apparently sporadic cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. These atypical BSE cases constitute an unforeseen first threat that could sharply modify the European approach to prion diseases.
 Second threat



snip...



http://www.neuroprion.org/en/np-neuroprion.html




in the url that follows, I have posted



SRM breaches first, as late as 2011.



then



MAD COW FEED BAN BREACHES AND TONNAGES OF MAD COW FEED IN COMMERCE up until 2007, when they ceased posting them.



then,



MAD COW SURVEILLANCE BREACHES.




Friday, May 18, 2012



Update from APHIS Regarding a Detection of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in the United


States Friday May 18, 2012



http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/05/update-from-aphis-regarding-detection.html





Thursday, June 21, 2012



MEATINGPLACE.COM WAVES MAGIC WAND AND EXPECTS THE USDA MAD COW FOLLIES BSE TO BE GONE




http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2012/06/meatingplacecom-waves-magic-wand-and.html




Thursday, June 14, 2012


R-CALF USA Calls USDA Dishonest and Corrupt; Submits Fourth Request for Extension


R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America



http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2012/06/r-calf-usa-calls-usda-dishonest-and.html





Friday, May 25, 2012


R-CALF USDA’s New BSE Rule Eliminates Important Protections Needed to Prevent BSE Spread



http://bseusa.blogspot.com/2012/05/r-calf-usdas-new-bse-rule-eliminates.html




Monday, June 18, 2012


R-CALF Submits Incomplete Comments Under Protest in Bizarre Rulemaking “Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Importation of Bovines and Bovine Products”



http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2012/06/r-calf-submits-incomplete-comments.html




Saturday, March 5, 2011


MAD COW ATYPICAL CJD PRION TSE CASES WITH CLASSIFICATIONS PENDING ON THE RISE IN NORTH AMERICA



http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/03/mad-cow-atypical-cjd-prion-tse-cases.html




Wednesday, November 09, 2011


Case report Sporadic fatal insomnia in a young woman: A diagnostic challenge: Case Report TEXAS
 HOW TO TURN A POTENTIAL MAD COW VICTIM IN THE USA, INTO A HAPPENSTANCE OF BAD LUCK, A SPONTANEOUS MUTATION FROM NOTHING. OR WAS IT $$$



http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2011/11/case-report-sporadic-fatal-insomnia-in.html





Sunday, February 12, 2012



National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center Cases Examined1 (August 19, 2011) including Texas



snip...



CJD TEXAS 38 YEAR OLD FEMALE WORKED SLAUGHTERING CATTLE EXPOSED TO BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD MATTER



Irma Linda Andablo CJD Victim, she died at 38 years old on February 6, 2010 in Mesquite Texas



Irma Linda Andablo CJD Victim, she died at 38 years old on February 6, 2010 in Mesquite Texas. She left 6 Kids and a Husband. The Purpose of this web is to give information in Spanish to the Hispanic community, and to all the community who want's information about this terrible disease.-



Physician Discharge Summary, Parkland Hospital, Dallas Texas



Admit Date: 12/29/2009 Discharge Date: 1/20/2010 Attending Provider: Greenberg, Benjamin


Morris; General Neurology Team: General Neurology Team



snip...



The husband says that they have lived in Nebraska for the past 21 years. They had seen a doctor there during the summer time who prescribed her Seroquel and Lexapro, Thinking these were sx of a mood disorder. However, the medications did not help and she continued to deteriorate clinically. Up until about 6 years ago, the pt worked at Tyson foods where she worked on the assembly line, slaughtering cattle and preparing them for packaging. She was exposed to brain and spinal cord matter when she would euthanize the cattle. The husband says that he does not know any fellow workers with a similar illness. He also says that she did not have any preceeding illness or travel.



snip...

http://www.recordandoalinda.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19:cjd-english-info&catid=9:cjd-ingles&Itemid=8





>>> Up until about 6 years ago, the pt worked at Tyson foods where she worked on the assembly line, slaughtering cattle and preparing them for packaging. She was exposed to brain and spinal cord matter when she would euthanize the cattle. <<<






SEE MORE HERE ;



CJD TEXAS 38 YEAR OLD FEMALE WORKED SLAUGHTERING CATTLE EXPOSED TO BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD MATTER



http://cjdtexas.blogspot.com/2010/03/cjd-texas-38-year-old-female-worked.html





Sunday, February 12, 2012



National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center Cases Examined1 (August 19, 2011) including Texas



http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/02/national-prion-disease-pathology.html




Tuesday, November 08, 2011



Can Mortality Data Provide Reliable Indicators for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance? A Study in France from 2000 to 2008 Vol. 37, No. 3-4, 2011




Original Paper




Conclusions:These findings raise doubt about the possibility of a reliable CJD surveillance only based on mortality data.




http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2011/11/can-mortality-data-provide-reliable.html





price of prion poker goes up again $$$




Monday, June 11, 2012



Guidance for Industry Draft Guidance for Industry: Amendment to “Guidance for Industry: Revised Preventive Measures to Reduce the Possible Risk of Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease by Blood and Blood Products”




http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2012/06/guidance-for-industry-draft-guidance.html




Sunday, June 3, 2012



A new neurological disease in primates inoculated with prion-infected blood or blood components



http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/06/new-neurological-disease-in-primates.html





PLEASE REMEMBER ;




The Akron, Ohio-based CJD Foundation said the Center for Disease Control revised that number in October of 2004 to about one in 9,000 CJD cases per year in the population group age 55 and older.
 HAVE YOU GOT YOUR CJD QUESTIONNAIRE ASKING REAL QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO ROUTE AND SOURCE OF THE TSE AGENT THAT KILLED YOUR LOVED ONE ???
 if not, why not...



Friday, November 30, 2007



CJD QUESTIONNAIRE USA CWRU AND CJD FOUNDATION



http://cjdquestionnaire.blogspot.com/2007/11/cjd-questionnaire.html



http://cjdquestionnaire.blogspot.com/





Terry S. Singeltary Sr. on the Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Public Health Crisis


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf3lfz9NrT4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0tWkNvhO4g



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf3lfz9NrT4&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL780BE2AF0B62A944


full text with source references ;



http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/08/terry-singeltary-sr-on-creutzfeldt.html




Sunday, August 21, 2011



The British disease, or a disease gone global, The TSE Prion Disease (SEE VIDEO)



http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2011/08/british-disease-or-disease-gone-global.html




U.S.A. HIDING MAD COW DISEASE VICTIMS AS SPORADIC CJD ? (see video at bottom)



http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2009/07/usa-hiding-mad-cow-disease-victims-as.html




WHO WILL FOLLOW THE CHILDREN FOR CJD SYMPTOMS ???

Saturday, May 2, 2009



U.S. GOVERNMENT SUES WESTLAND/HALLMARK MEAT OVER USDA CERTIFIED DEADSTOCK DOWNER COW SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM



http://downercattle.blogspot.com/2009/05/us-government-sues-westlandhallmark.html




OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN ALL ACROSS THE USA WERE FED THE MOST HIGH RISK CATTLE FOR MAD COW DISEASE FOR 4 YEARS I.E. DEAD STOCK DOWNER CATTLE VIA THE USDA AND THE NSLP.


WHO WILL WATCH OUR CHILDREN FOR THE NEXT 5+ DECADES ???


DID YOUR CHILD CONSUME SOME OF THESE DEAD STOCK DOWNER COWS, THE MOST HIGH RISK FOR MAD COW DISEASE ???




you can check and see here ;



http://www.fns.usda.gov/fns/safety/pdf/Hallmark-Westland_byState.pdf



http://downercattle.blogspot.com/





Tuesday, June 26, 2012



Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Human TSE report update North America, Canada, Mexico, and USDA PRION UNIT as of May 18, 2012



type determination pending Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (tdpCJD), is on the rise in Canada and the USA



http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2012/06/creutzfeldt-jakob-disease-human-tse.html





Wednesday, May 16, 2012



Alzheimer’s disease and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy prion disease, Iatrogenic, what if ?



Proposal ID: 29403




http://betaamyloidcjd.blogspot.com/2012/05/alzheimers-disease-and-transmissible.html





layperson





Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
P.O. Box 42
Bacliff, Texas USA 77518
flounder9@verizon.net




http://nor-98.blogspot.com/



http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/




http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/



 Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Heidenhain Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Case Report

FINAL AUTOPSY DIAGNOSIS

I. Brain: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Heidenhain variant.

SKROLL down a bit for Mom's autopsy of hvCJD. ...

http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2008/07/heidenhain-variant-creutzfeldt-jakob.html




Wednesday, May 16, 2012



OIE UPDATE BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MAY 15, 2012



http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/05/oie-update-bovine-spongiform.html




RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS



of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Update, October 31, 2005 INTRODUCTION The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) held a public meeting on July 25, 2006 in Washington, D.C. to present findings from the Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Update, October 31, 2005 (report and model located on the FSIS website:

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/Risk_Assessments/index.asp).


Comments on technical aspects of the risk assessment were then submitted to FSIS. Comments were received from Food and Water Watch, Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT), Farm Sanctuary, R-CALF USA, Linda A Detwiler, and Terry S. Singeltary. This document provides itemized replies to the public comments received on the 2005 updated Harvard BSE risk assessment. Please bear the following points in mind:



http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/BSE_Risk_Assess_Response_Public_Comments.pdf






IN SHORT, AND IN A NUT SHELL ;


(Adopted by the International Committee of the OIE on 23 May 2006)



11. Information published by the OIE is derived from appropriate declarations made by the official Veterinary Services of Member Countries. The OIE is not responsible for inaccurate publication of country disease status based on inaccurate information or changes in epidemiological status or other significant events that were not promptly reported to the Central Bureau,




http://www.oie.int/eng/Session2007/RF2006.pdf






with sad regards,
terry

Monday, July 9, 2012

Spread of Classic BSE Prions from the Gut via the Peripheral Nervous System to the Brain

Study Finds "Mad Cow Disease" in Cattle Can Spread Widely in Autonomic Nervous System before Detectable in the Central Nervous System





New pathway for infection reported in The American Journal of Pathology


Philadelphia, PA, July 9, 2012 – Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or “mad cow disease”) is a fatal disease in cattle that causes portions of the brain to turn sponge-like. This transmissible disease is caused by the propagation of a misfolded form of protein known as a prion, rather than by a bacterium or virus. The average time from infection to signs of illness is about 60 months. Little is known about the pathogenesis of BSE in the early incubation period. Previous research has reported that the autonomic nervous system (ANS) becomes affected by the disease only after the central nervous system (CNS) has been infected. In a new study published online in the August issue of The American Journal of Pathology, researchers found that the ANS can show signs of infection prior to involvement of the CNS.


“Our results clearly indicate that both pathways are involved in the early pathogenesis of BSE, but not necessarily simultaneously,” reports lead investigator Martin H. Groschup, PhD, Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Riems, Germany.


To understand the pathogenesis of BSE, fifty-six calves between four and six months of age were infected orally with BSE from infected cattle. Eighteen calves were inoculated orally with BSE-negative material from calf brainstem as controls. The study also included samples collected from a calf that had died naturally of BSE. Tissue samples from the gut, the CNS, and the ANS were collected from animals every four months from 16 to 44 months after infection. The samples were examined for the presence of prions by immunohistochemistry. Samples were also used to infect experimental mice that are highly sensitive to a BSE infection.


A distinct accumulation of the pathological prion protein was observed in the gut in almost all samples. BSE prions were found in the sympathetic ANS system, located in the thoracic and lumbar spinal cord, starting at 16 months after infection; and in the parasympathetic ANS, located in the sacral region of the spinal cord and the medulla, from 20 months post infection. There was little or no sign of infection in the CNS in these samples. The sympathetic part of the ANS was more widely involved in the early pathogenesis than its parasympathetic counterpart. More bovines showing clinical symptoms revealed signs of infection in the sympathetic nervous system structures at a higher degree than in the parasympathetic tissue samples. The earliest detection of BSE prions in the brainstem was at 24 months post infection. However, infection detected in the spinal cord of one animal at 16 months post infection suggests the existence of an additional pathway to the brain.


“The clear involvement of the sympathetic nervous system illustrates that it plays an important role in the pathogenesis of BSE in cattle,” notes Dr. Groschup. “Nevertheless, our results also support earlier research that postulated an early parasympathetic route for BSE.”


The results, Dr. Groschup says, indicate three possible neuronal routes for the ascension of BSE prions to the brain: sympathetic, parasympathetic, and spinal cord projections, in order of importance. “Our study sheds light on the pathogenesis of BSE in cattle during the early incubation period, with implications for diagnostic strategies and food-safety measures.”


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Notes for Editors “Spread of Classical BSE Prions from the Gut via the Peripheral Nervous System to the Brain,” M. Kaatz, C. Fast, U. Zieg ler, A. Balkema-Buschmann, B. Hammerschmidt, M. Keller, A. Oelschlegel, L. McIntyre, M. H. Groschup (DOI 10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.05.001). It appears online in advance of publication in The American Journal of Pathology, Volume 181, Issue 2 (August 2012) published by Elsevier.


Full text of the article is available to credentialed journalists upon request; contact David Sampson at +1 215 239 3171 or ajpmedia@elsevier.com. Journalists wishing to interview the authors may contact Elke Reinking, Public Relations, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut at +49 3835171244 or elke.reinking@fli.bund.de.


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http://www.journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/ajpa/content/press





Subject: Spread of Classic BSE Prions from the Gut via the Peripheral Nervous System to the Brain


Spread of Classic BSE Prions from the Gut via the Peripheral Nervous System to the Brain


Martin Kaatz,* Christine Fast,* Ute Ziegler,* Anne Balkema-Buschmann,* Bärbel Hammerschmidt,* Markus Keller,* Anja Oelschlegel,† Leila McIntyre,* and Martin H. Groschup*


From the Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases,* Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Greifswald-Isle of Riems, Germany; and the Scripps Institute,† Florida



An experimental oral bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) challenge study was performed to elucidate the route of infectious prions from the gut to the central nervous system in preclinical and clinical infected animals. Tissue samples collected from the gut and the central and autonomic nervous system from animals sacrificed between 16 and 44 months post infection (mpi) were examined for the presence of the pathological prion protein (PrPSc) by IHC. Moreover, parts of these samples were also bioassayed using bovine cellular prion protein (PrPC) overexpressing transgenic mice (Tgbov XV) that lack the species barrier for bovine prions. A distinct accumulation of PrPSc was observed in the distal ileum, confined to follicles and/or the enteric nervous system, in almost all animals. BSE prions were found in the sympathetic nervous system starting at 16 mpi, and in the parasympathetic nervous system from 20 mpi. A clear dissociation between prion infectivity and detectable PrPSc deposition became obvious. The earliest presence of infectivity in the brain stem was detected at 24 mpi, whereas PrPSc accumulation was first detected after 28 mpi. In summary, our results decipher the centripetal spread of BSE prions along the autonomic nervous system to the central nervous system, starting already halfway in the incubation time.



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Concerning the involvement of the different parts of the ANS during the early spread of the infectious agent, the most interesting results were found in the youngest animals of our study. Both animals at 16 mpi showed BSE infectivity in sympathetic projections (GCC and splanchnic nerves). In addition, one of these cows revealed infectivity in the spinal cord most likely as a result of the sympathetic spread. The parasympathetic tissues were free of infectivity in these animals, whereas both cows sacrificed at 20 mpi contained BSE prions only in the parasympathetic nervous system (cervical vagus nerve and nodose ganglion) but not in purely sympathetic projections or in spinal cord. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing the presence of infectivity in the ANS before the involvement of the CNS in several peripheral neural tissues between 16 and 20 mpi in BSE-infected bovines. These results clearly indicate that both pathways are involved in the early pathogenesis of BSE, but not necessarily simultaneously. Our theory is supported by the coexistence of either none or only spurious amounts of infectivity in the CNS and a remarkable involvement of the sympathetic fibers in cows slightly later in the incubation period.



In addition to the more frequent involvement of the sympathetic samples, a higher transmission rate compared with the parasympathetic samples is obvious. Considering all these results, it is tempting to assume a more dominant and crucial role of the sympathetic nervous system in the pathogenesis of BSE in cattle. The delayed onset of disease in sympathectomized mice infected with scrapie is indicative for this pathway as well.25 Although our results are in accordance with previous studies showing a spread along the CMGC and the splanchnic nerves, notably, our data favor a further distribution via the sympathetic ganglia chain, including the stellate ganglia and the GCC. The occurrence of a mild PrPSc accumulation in the brain stem in association with infectivity solely in sympathetic structures (IT24, 24 mpi) supports the importance of the sympathetic spread. Hence, a mandatory involvement of the intermediolateral column of the spinal cord is not observed. The detection of infectivity in the spinal cord of one animal at 16 mpi indicates a third, additional pathway to the brain as a result of the dissemination along the sympathetic splanchnic nerve. Moreover, we suspect a critical role of the comprehensively involved GCC, because the location close to the brain provides sympathetic fibers to almost all cranial nerves and possibly results in an effect on the brain in uncommon (formatio reticularis and nucleus motorius nervi trigemini) or parasympathetic-related areas (dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve and nucleus tractus solitarii), as the initial PrPSc depositions in the CNS shown herein.



Nevertheless, our results also support the previously postulated early parasympathetic route of the BSE agent along the vagus nerve and the nodose ganglion, although to a lesser degree than the sympathetic structures. Furthermore, infectivity of the nodose ganglion before CNS involvement presumes a centripetal spread along sensory fibers of the vagus nerve, which are in contrast to the assumption that the vagus-associated nodose ganglion might be affected via the centrifugal spread.26 Taken together, our results indicate that there are three independent possible neuronal ascension routes for BSE prions (in order of putative importance): sympathetic parasympathetic spinal cord projections.



Results from scrapie studies in hamster and sheep determined CMGC to be a part of the sympathetic circuitry, which also contains parasympathetic fibers21,22,24 as a possible route of ascension of the agent to the CNS. Our analysis revealed infectivity in the CMGC already from 16 mpi for both possible centripetal routes, leading to the question of where the initial determination of infected fibers takes place. We assume that the route toward the brain likely depends on the nerve type initially infected at the ENS. Sensory fibers of the vagus nerve were found widely distributed in the gut.27,28 Furthermore, vagal efferent synapses in intrinsic ganglia of the ENS innervate the intestinal wall, including the mucosa and submucosa.29 However, a more extensive sympathetic presence in the ENS30 and the CMGC31 and wide innervations of lymphoid structures by the sympathetic nervous system32–34 were reported. These facts could explain the wider and earlier involvement of the sympathetic fibers, as previously discussed. Furthermore, it cannot be excluded that the CMGC may influence the route of infection by the close contact of both sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve types within this ganglion as an operating center of the ANS.



In summary, our data prove an early and widespread distribution of infectivity in the ANS in preclinical cattle before an infection of the CNS. This study is able to confirm the assumed spread via sympathetic and parasympathetic structures for the BSE agent (Figure 4), but we determined a more crucial role of the sympathetic nervous system in the initial neuronal distribution. However, both pathways could be separately involved. According to our results, the spinal cord seems to represent an additional route of ascension, in addition to the more prominent pathways of the ANS.



snip...see full text @



http://www.journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/ajpa/home



Greetings,


seems the price of prion poker played by the USDA et al, just keeps going up and up and up.


so, I gather that the BSE 30 month rule is/was and has been, flawed from the beginning, missing many other tissues that hold prion infectivity, thus, loading up not on the cattle, but everything else that consumes meat and meat by-products with the PrP mad cow agent.


so, I gather that the ARS research on BSE and atypical BSE, the study that claimed that the SRM removal would be changed _if_ and _when_ infectivity was found elsewhere. and when might this take place now $$$


a final thought, this should, with all certainty right $$$ since not only in early stage of disease, but in the later stages of disease as well, with such a wide array of muscle and nerve tissues now involved in infectivity with BSE, and since there is not any way that all these prion infected tissues could be cut out of any product, this should bring the CREEKSTONE MAD COW TESTING DEBATE back to the forefront of consumer safety, right ???


not if the usda, oie, and the industry have anything to do with it, I can assure you of that $


I can hear their same old excuses now, before they even same them, or shall we call them what they really are, just more BSe i.e. lies.


we have a triple mad cow bse firewall.


bbbut, they will NOT tell you that these firewalls ALL failed. ...



lie number 1.


mad cow feed ban in effect since 1997.


bbbut, they will not tell you this PARTIAL and VOLUNTARY mad cow feed ban failed terribly, year, after year, after year, all the way up to 2007, one decade post partial and voluntary feed ban, when 10,000,000 LBS. of banned blood laced meat and bone meal went out into commerce to be fed out, never to return. 2006 was even a worse than that with banned mad cow feed going out into commerce, in Alabama too, where a case of mad cow disease was confirmed. ...



lie number 2.


SRM removal, where this too has failed, time and time again, up until and as late as 2010.



lie number 3.


BSE surveillance


this also was a complete failure as well, to a point that the GAO caught the USDA et al in their BSE testing surveillance program, red handed testing cattle they knew were healthy, free of BSE. yes, up to 100 farms testing for mad cow disease, but the animals in question, were all healthy animal brains, and they knew it. but that was not the only failures in the BSE testing program, that was just part of it. the USDA covered up two mad cows in Texas, one finally confirmed after an act of Congress by the OIG made the USDA retest that cow, some 7 months later, and finally confirm, what they already knew with a SECRET test that had tested positive 7 months previously, and finally were forced to confirm this second mad cow in Texas. it got so bad around 2005, that the top prion scientist at the NIH Paul Brown, said "Everything they did on the Texas cow makes everything they did before 2005 suspect," Brown said.


http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2006/03/15/Analysis-What-that-mad-cow-means/UPI-12841142465253/


http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2008/08/creekstone-vs-usda-court-of-appeals.html



Wednesday, May 2, 2012

ARS FLIP FLOPS ON SRM REMOVAL FOR ATYPICAL L-TYPE BASE BSE RISK HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH



 http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/05/ars-flip-flops-on-srm-removal-for.html




USDA TRIPLE BSE MAD COW FIREWALL, SRM, FEED, AND SURVEILLANCE

2012

***Also, a link is suspected between atypical BSE and some apparently sporadic cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. These atypical BSE cases constitute an unforeseen first threat that could sharply modify the European approach to prion diseases.

Second threat

snip...

http://www.neuroprion.org/en/np-neuroprion.html



MAD COW USDA ATYPICAL L-TYPE BASE BSE, the rest of the story...

***Oral Transmission of L-type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Primate
 Model

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/1/pdfs/11-1092.pdf



***Infectivity in skeletal muscle of BASE-infected cattle

http://www.neuroprion.org/resources/pdf_docs/conferences/prion2009/prion2009_bookofabstracts.pdf



***feedstuffs- It also suggests a similar cause or source for atypical BSE in these countries.

http://www.neuroprion.org/resources/pdf_docs/conferences/prion2009/prion2009_bookofabstracts.pdf



***Also, a link is suspected between atypical BSE and some apparently sporadic cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.

http://www.neuroprion.org/en/np-neuroprion.html



The present study demonstrated successful intraspecies transmission of H-type BSE to cattle and the distribution and immunolabeling patterns of PrPSc in the brain of the H-type BSE-challenged cattle. TSE agent virulence can be minimally defined by oral transmission of different TSE agents (C-type, L-type, and H-type BSE agents) [59]. Oral transmission studies with H-type BSEinfected cattle have been initiated and are underway to provide information regarding the extent of similarity in the immunohistochemical and molecular features before and after transmission.

In addition, the present data will support risk assessments in some peripheral tissues derived from cattle affected with H-type BSE.

http://www.veterinaryresearch.org/content/pdf/1297-9716-42-79.pdf



Thursday, June 21, 2012


Clinical and Pathologic Features of H-Type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Associated with E211K Prion Protein Polymorphism


Justin J. Greenlee1*, Jodi D. Smith1, M. Heather West Greenlee2, Eric M. Nicholson1


1 National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, 2 Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America


Abstract


The majority of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) cases have been ascribed to the classical form of the disease. Htype and L-type BSE cases have atypical molecular profiles compared to classical BSE and are thought to arise spontaneously. However, one case of H-type BSE was associated with a heritable E211K mutation in the prion protein gene. The purpose of this study was to describe transmission of this unique isolate of H-type BSE when inoculated into a calf of the same genotype by the intracranial route. Electroretinograms were used to demonstrate preclinical deficits in retinal function, and optical coherence tomography was used to demonstrate an antemortem decrease in retinal thickness. The calf rapidly progressed to clinical disease (9.4 months) and was necropsied. Widespread distribution of abnormal prion protein was demonstrated within neural tissues by western blot and immunohistochemistry. While this isolate is categorized as BSE-H due to a higher molecular mass of the unglycosylated PrPSc isoform, a strong labeling of all 3 PrPSc bands with monoclonal antibodies 6H4 and P4, and a second unglycosylated band at approximately 14 kDa when developed with antibodies that bind in the C-terminal region, it is unique from other described cases of BSE-H because of an additional band 23 kDa demonstrated on western blots of the cerebellum. This work demonstrates that this isolate is transmissible, has a BSE-H phenotype when transmitted to cattle with the K211 polymorphism, and has molecular features that distinguish it from other cases of BSE-H described in the literature.


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Most significantly it must be determined if the molecular phenotype of this cattle TSE remains stable when transmitted to cattle without the E211K polymorphism as several other isolates of atypical BSE have been shown to adopt a molecular profile consistent with classical BSE after passage in transgenic mice expressing bovine PrPC [40] or multiple passages in wild type mice [23]. Results of ongoing studies, namely passage of the E211K Htype isolate into wild-type cattle, will lend further insight into what role, if any, genetic and sporadic forms of BSE may have played in the origins of classical BSE. Atypical cases presumably of spontaneous or, in the case of E211K BSE-H, genetic origins highlight that it may not be possible to eradicate BSE entirely and that it would be hazardous to remove disease control measures such as prohibiting the feeding of meat and bone meal to ruminants.


http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2012/06/clinical-and-pathologic-features-of-h.html



Saturday, May 26, 2012


Are USDA assurances on mad cow case 'gross oversimplification'?


SNIP...


What irks many scientists is the USDA’s April 25 statement that the rare disease is “not generally associated with an animal consuming infected feed.”


The USDA’s conclusion is a “gross oversimplification,” said Dr. Paul Brown, one of the world’s experts on this type of disease who retired recently from the National Institutes of Health. "(The agency) has no foundation on which to base that statement.”


“We can’t say it’s not feed related,” agreed Dr. Linda Detwiler, an official with the USDA during the Clinton Administration now at Mississippi State.


In the May 1 email to me, USDA’s Cole backed off a bit. “No one knows the origins of atypical cases of BSE,” she said


The argument about feed is critical because if feed is the cause, not a spontaneous mutation, the California cow could be part of a larger outbreak.


SNIP...


http://bseusa.blogspot.com/2012/05/are-usda-assurances-on-mad-cow-case.html



October 2009 O.11.3 Infectivity in skeletal muscle of BASE-infected cattle


Silvia Suardi1, Chiara Vimercati1, Fabio Moda1, Ruggerone Margherita1, Ilaria Campagnani1, Guerino Lombardi2, Daniela Gelmetti2, Martin H. Groschup3, Anne Buschmann3, Cristina Casalone4, Maria Caramelli4, Salvatore Monaco5, Gianluigi Zanusso5, Fabrizio Tagliavini1 1Carlo Besta" Neurological Institute,Italy; 2IZS Brescia, Italy; 33FLI Insel Riems, D, Germany; 4CEA-IZS Torino, Italy; 5University of Verona, Italy


Background: BASE is an atypical form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy caused by a prion strain distinct from that of BSE. Upon experimental transmission to cattle, BASE induces a previously unrecognized disease phenotype marked by mental dullness and progressive atrophy of hind limb musculature. Whether affected muscles contain infectivity is unknown. This is a critical issue since the BASE strain is readily transmissible to a variety of hosts including primates, suggesting that humans may be susceptible.


Objectives: To investigate the distribution of infectivity in peripheral tissues of cattle experimentally infected with BASE. Methods: Groups of Tg mice expressing bovine PrP (Tgbov XV, n= 7-15/group) were inoculated both i.c. and i.p. with 10% homogenates of a variety of tissues including brain, spleen, cervical lymph node, kidney and skeletal muscle (m. longissimus dorsi) from cattle intracerebrally infected with BASE. No PrPres was detectable in the peripheral tissues used for inoculation either by immunohistochemistry or Western blot.


Results: Mice inoculated with BASE-brain homogenates showed clinical signs of disease with incubation and survival times of 175±15 and 207±12 days. Five out of seven mice challenged with skeletal muscle developed a similar neurological disorder, with incubation and survival times of 380±11 and 410±12 days. At present (700 days after inoculation) mice challenged with the other peripheral tissues are still healthy. The neuropathological phenotype and PrPres type of the affected mice inoculated either with brain or muscle were indistinguishable and matched those of Tgbov XV mice infected with natural BASE.


Discussion: Our data indicate that the skeletal muscle of cattle experimentally infected with BASE contains significant amount of infectivity, at variance with BSE-affected cattle, raising the issue of intraspecies transmission and the potential risk for humans. Experiments are in progress to assess the presence of infectivity in skeletal muscles of natural BASE.


http://www.prion2009.com/sites/default/files/Prion2009_Book_of_Abstracts.pdf



Friday, December 05, 2008


Detection of Prion Infectivity in Fat Tissues of Scrapie-Infected Mice


Brent Race1#, Kimberly Meade-White1#, Michael B. A. Oldstone2, Richard Race1, Bruce Chesebro1*


http://scrapie-usa.blogspot.com/2008/12/detection-of-prion-infectivity-in-fat.html



Prion Infectivity in Fat of Deer with Chronic Wasting Disease▿


Brent Race#, Kimberly Meade-White#, Richard Race and Bruce Chesebro*


http://jvi.asm.org/content/83/18/9608.long



P.9.21


Molecular characterization of BSE in Canada


Jianmin Yang1, Sandor Dudas2, Catherine Graham2, Markus Czub3, Tim McAllister1, Stefanie Czub1 1Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Canada; 2National and OIE BSE Reference Laboratory, Canada; 3University of Calgary, Canada


Background: Three BSE types (classical and two atypical) have been identified on the basis of molecular characteristics of the misfolded protein associated with the disease. To date, each of these three types have been detected in Canadian cattle.


Objectives: This study was conducted to further characterize the 16 Canadian BSE cases based on the biochemical properties of there associated PrPres. Methods: Immuno-reactivity, molecular weight, glycoform profiles and relative proteinase K sensitivity of the PrPres from each of the 16 confirmed Canadian BSE cases was determined using modified Western blot analysis.


Results: Fourteen of the 16 Canadian BSE cases were C type, 1 was H type and 1 was L type. The Canadian H and L-type BSE cases exhibited size shifts and changes in glycosylation similar to other atypical BSE cases. PK digestion under mild and stringent conditions revealed a reduced protease resistance of the atypical cases compared to the C-type cases. N terminal- specific antibodies bound to PrPres from H type but not from C or L type. The C-terminal-specific antibodies resulted in a shift in the glycoform profile and detected a fourth band in the Canadian H-type BSE.


Discussion: The C, L and H type BSE cases in Canada exhibit molecular characteristics similar to those described for classical and atypical BSE cases from Europe and Japan. This supports the theory that the importation of BSE contaminated feedstuff is the source of C-type BSE in Canada.


*** It also suggests a similar cause or source for atypical BSE in these countries.


http://www.prion2009.com/sites/default/files/Prion2009_Book_of_Abstracts.pdf



10,000,000+ LBS. of PROHIBITED BANNED MAD COW FEED I.E. BLOOD LACED MBM IN COMMERCE USA 2007

Date: March 21, 2007 at 2:27 pm PST

RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINES -- CLASS II

PRODUCT

Bulk cattle feed made with recalled Darling's 85% Blood Meal, Flash Dried, Recall # V-024-2007

CODE

Cattle feed delivered between 01/12/2007 and 01/26/2007

RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER

Pfeiffer, Arno, Inc, Greenbush, WI. by conversation on February 5, 2007.

Firm initiated recall is ongoing.

REASON

Blood meal used to make cattle feed was recalled because it was cross- contaminated with prohibited bovine meat and bone meal that had been manufactured on common equipment and labeling did not bear cautionary BSE statement.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE

42,090 lbs.

DISTRIBUTION

WI


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PRODUCT

Custom dairy premix products: MNM ALL PURPOSE Pellet, HILLSIDE/CDL Prot- Buffer Meal, LEE, M.-CLOSE UP PX Pellet, HIGH DESERT/ GHC LACT Meal, TATARKA, M CUST PROT Meal, SUNRIDGE/CDL PROTEIN Blend, LOURENZO, K PVM DAIRY Meal, DOUBLE B DAIRY/GHC LAC Mineral, WEST PIONT/GHC CLOSEUP Mineral, WEST POINT/GHC LACT Meal, JENKS, J/COMPASS PROTEIN Meal, COPPINI - 8# SPECIAL DAIRY Mix, GULICK, L-LACT Meal (Bulk), TRIPLE J - PROTEIN/LACTATION, ROCK CREEK/GHC MILK Mineral, BETTENCOURT/GHC S.SIDE MK-MN, BETTENCOURT #1/GHC MILK MINR, V&C DAIRY/GHC LACT Meal, VEENSTRA, F/GHC LACT Meal, SMUTNY, A- BYPASS ML W/SMARTA, Recall # V-025-2007

CODE

The firm does not utilize a code - only shipping documentation with commodity and weights identified.

RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER

Rangen, Inc, Buhl, ID, by letters on February 13 and 14, 2007. Firm initiated recall is complete.

REASON

Products manufactured from bulk feed containing blood meal that was cross contaminated with prohibited meat and bone meal and the labeling did not bear cautionary BSE statement.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE

9,997,976 lbs.

DISTRIBUTION

ID and NV

END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR MARCH 21, 2007

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/EnforcementReports/2007/ucm120446.htm


what about that ALABAMA MAD COW, AND MAD COW FEED THERE FROM IN THAT STATE ???

Saturday, August 14, 2010
BSE Case Associated with Prion Protein Gene Mutation (g-h-BSEalabama) and VPSPr PRIONPATHY

*** (see mad cow feed in COMMERCE IN ALABAMA...TSS)

BANNED MAD COW FEED IN COMMERCE IN ALABAMA

Date: September 6, 2006 at 7:58 am PST PRODUCT

a) EVSRC Custom dairy feed, Recall # V-130-6;

b) Performance Chick Starter, Recall # V-131-6;

c) Performance Quail Grower, Recall # V-132-6;

d) Performance Pheasant Finisher, Recall # V-133-6.

CODE None RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Donaldson & Hasenbein/dba J&R Feed Service, Inc., Cullman, AL, by telephone on June 23, 2006 and by letter dated July 19, 2006. Firm initiated recall is complete.

REASON
Dairy and poultry feeds were possibly contaminated with ruminant based protein.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 477.72 tons

DISTRIBUTION AL


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PRODUCT Bulk custom dairy pre-mixes,

Recall # V-120-6 CODE None RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Ware Milling Inc., Houston, MS, by telephone on June 23, 2006. Firm initiated recall is complete. REASON Possible contamination of dairy animal feeds with ruminant derived meat and bone meal.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 350 tons

DISTRIBUTION AL and MS
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PRODUCT

a) Tucker Milling, LLC Tm 32% Sinking Fish Grower, #2680-Pellet, 50 lb. bags, Recall # V-121-6;

b) Tucker Milling, LLC #31120, Game Bird Breeder Pellet, 50 lb. bags, Recall # V-122-6;

c) Tucker Milling, LLC #31232 Game Bird Grower, 50 lb. bags, Recall # V-123-6;

d) Tucker Milling, LLC 31227-Crumble, Game Bird Starter, BMD Medicated, 50 lb bags, Recall # V-124-6;

e) Tucker Milling, LLC #31120, Game Bird Breeder, 50 lb bags, Recall # V-125-6;

f) Tucker Milling, LLC #30230, 30 % Turkey Starter, 50 lb bags, Recall # V-126-6;

g) Tucker Milling, LLC #30116, TM Broiler Finisher, 50 lb bags, Recall # V-127-6

CODE All products manufactured from 02/01/2005 until 06/20/2006 RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Recalling Firm: Tucker Milling LLC, Guntersville, AL, by telephone and visit on June 20, 2006, and by letter on June 23, 2006. Manufacturer: H. J. Baker and Brothers Inc., Stamford, CT. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.

REASON Poultry and fish feeds which were possibly contaminated with ruminant based protein were not labeled as "Do not feed to ruminants".


VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 7,541-50 lb bags

DISTRIBUTION AL, GA, MS, and TN

END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR AUGUST 9, 2006


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Subject: MAD COW FEED RECALL AL AND FL VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 125 TONS Products manufactured from 02/01/2005 until 06/06/2006


Date: August 6, 2006 at 6:16 pm PST PRODUCT

a) CO-OP 32% Sinking Catfish, Recall # V-100-6;
b) Performance Sheep Pell W/Decox/A/N, medicated, net wt. 50 lbs, Recall # V-101-6;

c) Pro 40% Swine Conc Meal -- 50 lb, Recall # V-102-6;

d) CO-OP 32% Sinking Catfish Food Medicated, Recall # V-103-6;

e) "Big Jim's" BBB Deer Ration, Big Buck Blend, Recall # V-104-6;

f) CO-OP 40% Hog Supplement Medicated Pelleted, Tylosin 100 grams/ton, 50 lb. bag, Recall # V-105-6;

g) Pig Starter Pell II, 18% W/MCDX Medicated 282020, Carbadox -- 0.0055%, Recall # V-106-6;
h) CO-OP STARTER-GROWER CRUMBLES, Complete Feed for Chickens from Hatch to 20 Weeks, Medicated, Bacitracin Methylene Disalicylate, 25 and 50 Lbs, Recall # V-107-6;
i) CO-OP LAYING PELLETS, Complete Feed for Laying Chickens, Recall # 108-6;

j) CO-OP LAYING CRUMBLES, Recall # V-109-6;

k) CO-OP QUAIL FLIGHT CONDITIONER MEDICATED, net wt 50 Lbs, Recall # V-110-6;

l) CO-OP QUAIL STARTER MEDICATED, Net Wt. 50 Lbs, Recall # V-111-6;
m) CO-OP QUAIL GROWER MEDICATED, 50 Lbs, Recall # V-112-6 CODE

Product manufactured from 02/01/2005 until 06/06/2006

RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc., Decatur, AL, by telephone, fax, email and visit on June 9, 2006. FDA initiated recall is complete.

REASON Animal and fish feeds which were possibly contaminated with ruminant based protein not labeled as "Do not feed to ruminants".

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 125 tons

DISTRIBUTION AL and FL

END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR AUGUST 2, 2006

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MAD COW FEED RECALL USA EQUALS 10,878.06 TONS NATIONWIDE Sun Jul 16, 2006 09:22 71.248.128.67
RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINE -- CLASS II
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PRODUCT
a) PRO-LAK, bulk weight, Protein Concentrate for Lactating Dairy Animals, Recall # V-079-6;
b) ProAmino II, FOR PREFRESH AND LACTATING COWS, net weight 50lb (22.6 kg), Recall # V-080-6;

c) PRO-PAK, MARINE & ANIMAL PROTEIN CONCENTRATE FOR USE IN ANIMAL FEED, Recall # V-081-6;

d) Feather Meal, Recall # V-082-6 CODE

a) Bulk
b) None
c) Bulk
d) Bulk
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER H. J. Baker & Bro., Inc., Albertville, AL, by telephone on June 15, 2006 and by press release on June 16, 2006. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON

Possible contamination of animal feeds with ruminent derived meat and bone meal.


VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 10,878.06 tons

DISTRIBUTION Nationwide


END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR July 12, 2006


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Saturday, July 23, 2011

CATTLE HEADS WITH TONSILS, BEEF TONGUES, SPINAL CORD, SPECIFIED RISK MATERIALS (SRM's) AND PRIONS, AKA MAD COW DISEASE


Saturday, November 6, 2010

TAFS1 Position Paper on Position Paper on Relaxation of the Feed Ban in the EU Berne, 2010 TAFS
INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR TRANSMISSIBLE ANIMAL DISEASES AND FOOD SAFETY a non-profit Swiss Foundation



North Dakota Firm Recalls Whole Beef Head Products That Contain Prohibited Materials
Recall Release CLASS II RECALL FSIS-RC-023-2010 HEALTH RISK: LOW

Congressional and Public Affairs (202) 720-9113 Catherine Cochran

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2010 - North American Bison Co-Op, a New Rockford, N.D., establishment is recalling approximately 25,000 pounds of whole beef heads containing tongues that may not have had the tonsils completely removed, which is not compliant with regulations that require the removal of tonsils from cattle of all ages, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.


Tonsils are considered a specified risk material (SRM) and must be removed from cattle of all ages in accordance with FSIS regulations. SRMs are tissues that are known to contain the infective agent in cattle infected with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), as well as materials that are closely associated with these potentially infective tissues. Therefore, FSIS prohibits SRMs from use as human food to minimize potential human exposure to the BSE agent.


New York Firm Recalls Beef Carcass That Contains Prohibited Materials

Recall Release CLASS II RECALL FSIS-RC-003-2010 HEALTH RISK: LOW

Congressional and Public Affairs (202) 720-9113 Atiya Khan

WASHINGTON, January 15, 2010 - Jerry Hayes Meats Inc., a Newark Valley, N.Y., establishment is recalling approximately 490 pounds of a beef carcass that may not have had the spinal column removed, which is not compliant with regulations that require the removal of spinal cord and vertebral column from cattle over 30 months of age, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
Spinal cord and vertebral column are considered a specified risk material (SRM) and must be removed from cattle over 30 months of age in accordance with FSIS regulations. SRMs are tissues that are known to contain the infective agent in cattle infected with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), as well as materials that are closely associated with these potentially infective tissues. Therefore, FSIS prohibits SRMs from use as human food to minimize potential human exposure to the BSE agent.


Two Companies Recall Beef Tongues Because of Specified Risk Material (SRM)




in the url that follows, I have posted


SRM breaches first, as late as 2011.


then
MAD COW FEED BAN BREACHES AND TONNAGES OF MAD COW FEED IN COMMERCE up until 2007, when they ceased posting them.


then,
MAD COW SURVEILLANCE BREACHES.


Friday, May 18, 2012
Update from APHIS Regarding a Detection of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States Friday May 18, 2012


Thursday, June 21, 2012


MEATINGPLACE.COM WAVES MAGIC WAND AND EXPECTS THE USDA MAD COW FOLLIES BSE TO BE GONE




Thursday, June 14, 2012

R-CALF USA Calls USDA Dishonest and Corrupt; Submits Fourth Request for Extension
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America




Friday, May 25, 2012

R-CALF USDA’s New BSE Rule Eliminates Important Protections Needed to Prevent BSE Spread
Monday, June 18, 2012
R-CALF Submits Incomplete Comments Under Protest in Bizarre Rulemaking “Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Importation of Bovines and Bovine Products”

Sunday, February 12, 2012


National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center Cases Examined1 (August 19, 2011) including Texas





Wednesday, June 27, 2012
First US BSE Case Since 2006 Underscores Need for Vigilance
Neurology Today 21 June 2012




Wednesday, June 13, 2012

MEXICO IS UNDER or MIS DIAGNOSING CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE AND OTHER PRION DISEASE SOME WITH POSSIBLE nvCJD



previous USA PRION UNIT reports ;



Saturday, March 5, 2011

MAD COW ATYPICAL CJD PRION TSE CASES WITH CLASSIFICATIONS PENDING ON THE RISE IN NORTH AMERICA



Sunday, February 12, 2012
National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center Cases Examined1 (August 19, 2011) including Texas




Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Human TSE report update North America, Canada, Mexico, and USDA PRION UNIT as of May 18, 2012

type determination pending Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (tdpCJD), is on the rise in Canada and the USA




Sunday, June 3, 2012
A new neurological disease in primates inoculated with prion-infected blood or blood components
Monday, June 11, 2012

Guidance for Industry Draft Guidance for Industry: Amendment to “Guidance for Industry: Revised Preventive Measures to Reduce the Possible Risk of Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease by Blood and Blood Products”




Thursday, August 12, 2010
Seven main threats for the future linked to prions
First threat
The TSE road map defining the evolution of European policy for protection against prion diseases is based on a certain numbers of hypotheses some of which may turn out to be erroneous. In particular, a form of BSE (called atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), recently identified by systematic testing in aged cattle without clinical signs, may be the origin of classical BSE and thus potentially constitute a reservoir, which may be impossible to eradicate if a sporadic origin is confirmed.

***Also, a link is suspected between atypical BSE and some apparently sporadic cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. These atypical BSE cases constitute an unforeseen first threat that could sharply modify the European approach to prion diseases.

Second threat

snip...

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Atypical BSE in Cattle
To date the OIE/WAHO assumes that the human and animal health standards set out in the BSE chapter for classical BSE (C-Type) applies to all forms of BSE which include the H-type and L-type atypical forms. This assumption is scientifically not completely justified and accumulating evidence suggests that this may in fact not be the case. Molecular characterization and the spatial distribution pattern of histopathologic lesions and immunohistochemistry (IHC) signals are used to identify and characterize atypical BSE. Both the L-type and H-type atypical cases display significant differences in the conformation and spatial accumulation of the disease associated prion protein (PrPSc) in brains of afflicted cattle. Transmission studies in bovine transgenic and wild type mouse models support that the atypical BSE types might be unique strains because they have different incubation times and lesion profiles when compared to C-type BSE. When L-type BSE was inoculated into ovine transgenic mice and Syrian hamster the resulting molecular fingerprint had changed, either in the first or a subsequent passage, from L-type into C-type BSE.
In addition, non-human primates are specifically susceptible for atypical BSE as demonstrated by an approximately 50% shortened incubation time for L-type BSE as compared to C-type. Considering the current scientific information available, it cannot be assumed that these different BSE types pose the same human health risks as C-type BSE or that these risks are mitigated by the same protective measures.
This study will contribute to a correct definition of specified risk material (SRM) in atypical BSE. The incumbent of this position will develop new and transfer existing, ultra-sensitive methods for the detection of atypical BSE in tissue of experimentally infected cattle.



Monday, October 10, 2011

EFSA Journal 2011 The European Response to BSE: A Success Story

snip...


EFSA and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) recently delivered a scientific opinion on any possible epidemiological or molecular association between TSEs in animals and humans (EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) and ECDC, 2011). This opinion confirmed Classical BSE prions as the only TSE agents demonstrated to be zoonotic so far but the possibility that a small proportion of human cases so far classified as "sporadic" CJD are of zoonotic origin could not be excluded. Moreover, transmission experiments to non-human primates suggest that some TSE agents in addition to Classical BSE prions in cattle (namely L-type Atypical BSE, Classical BSE in sheep, transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) and chronic wasting disease (CWD) agents) might have zoonotic potential.


snip...
see follow-up here about North America BSE Mad Cow TSE prion risk factors, and the ever emerging strains of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy in many species here in the USA, including humans ;





Saturday, June 25, 2011


Transmissibility of BSE-L and Cattle-Adapted TME Prion Strain to Cynomolgus Macaque


"BSE-L in North America may have existed for decades"





Over the next 8-10 weeks, approximately 40% of all the adult mink on the farm died from TME.
snip...
The rancher was a ''dead stock'' feeder using mostly (>95%) downer or dead dairy cattle...





Wednesday, April 25, 2012

USA MAD COW DISEASE AND CJD THERE FROM SINGELTARY ET AL 1999 – 2012

Greetings again APHIS ET AL,
THIS is not correct. IN fact, there are several factors i would like to kindly address. Muscle tissue has recently been detected with PrPSc in the peripheral nerves (sciatic nerve, tibial nerve, vagus nerve) of the 11th BSE cow in Japan (Yoshifumi Iwamaru et al). also recently, Aguzzi et al Letter to the Editor Vet Pathol 42:107-108 (2005), Prusiner et al CDI test is another example of detection of the TSE agent in muscle in sCJD, Herbert Budka et al CJD and inclusion body myositis: Abundant Disease-Associated Prion Protein in Muscle, and older studies from Watson Meldrum et al Scrapie agent in muscle - Pattison I A (1990), references as follow ;

PrPSc distribution of a natural case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Yoshifumi Iwamaru, Yuka Okubo, Tamako Ikeda, Hiroko Hayashi, Mori- kazu Imamura, Takashi Yokoyama and Morikazu Shinagawa Priori Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba 305-0856 Japan gan@affrc.go.jp
Abstract

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a disease of cattle that causes progressive neurodegeneration of the central nervous system. Infectivity of BSE agent is accompanied with an abnormal isoform of prion protein (PrPSc).


The specified risk materials (SRM) are tissues potentially carrying BSE infectivity. The following tissues are designated as SRM in Japan: the skull including the brain and eyes but excluding the glossa and the masse- ter muscle, the vertebral column excluding the vertebrae of the tail, spinal cord, distal illeum. For a risk management step, the use of SRM in both animal feed or human food has been prohibited. However, detailed PrPSc distribution remains obscure in BSE cattle and it has caused con- troversies about definitions of SRM. Therefore we have examined PrPSc distribution in a BSE cattle by Western blotting to reassess definitions of SRM.


The 11th BSE case in Japan was detected in fallen stock surveillance. The carcass was stocked in the refrigerator. For the detection of PrPSc, 200 mg of tissue samples were homogenized. Following collagenase treatment, samples were digested with proteinase K. After digestion, PrPSc was precipitated by sodium phosphotungstate (PTA). The pellets were subjected to Western blotting using the standard procedure. Anti-prion protein monoclonal antibody (mAb) T2 conjugated horseradish peroxidase was used for the detection of PrPSc.


PrPSc was detected in brain, spinal cord, dorsal root ganglia, trigeminal ganglia, sublingual ganglion, retina. In addition, PrPSc was also detected in the peripheral nerves (sciatic nerve, tibial nerve, vagus nerve). Our results suggest that the currently accepted definitions of SRM in BSE cattle may need to be reexamined. ...


179 T. Kitamoto (Ed.) PRIONS Food and Drug Safety

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ALSO from the International Symposium of Prion Diseases held in Sendai, October 31, to November 2, 2004;
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Japan

snip...
"Furthermore, current studies into transmission of cases of BSE that are atypical or that develop in young cattle are expected to amplify the BSE prion"


NO. Date conf. Farm Birth place and Date Age at diagnosis
8. 2003.10.6. Fukushima Tochigi 2001.10.13. 23

9. 2003.11.4. Hiroshima Hyogo 2002.1.13. 21

Test results
# 8b, 9c cows Elisa Positive, WB Positive, IHC negative, histopathology negative

b = atypical BSE case

c = case of BSE in a young animal

b,c, No PrPSc on IHC, and no spongiform change on histology


International Symposium of Prion Diseases held in Sendai, October 31, to November 2, 2004.

The hardback book title is 'PRIONS' Food and Drug Safety T. Kitamoto (Ed.)

Tetsuyuki Kitamoto Professor and Chairman Department of Prion Research Tohoku University School of Medicine 2-1 SeiryoAoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, JAPAN TEL +81-22-717-8147 FAX +81-22-717-8148 e-mail; kitamoto@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp

Symposium Secretariat Kyomi Sasaki TEL +81-22-717-8233 FAX +81-22-717-7656 e-mail: kvomi-sasaki@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.ip

snip...see full text ;

Importation of Whole Cuts of Boneless Beef from Japan [Docket No. 05-004-1] RIN 0579-AB93


Subject: Importation of Whole Cuts of Boneless Beef from Japan [Docket No. 05-004-1] RIN 0579-AB93 TSS SUBMISSION
Date: August 24, 2005 at 2:47 pm PST August 24, 2005

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Prion Disease Round Table Conducted Wednesday December 11, 2003 at Denver, Colorado R-CALF-USA Sponsored (REVISITED AUGUST 2010)

From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.




Owens, Julie
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. [flounder9@verizon.net]

Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 1:09 PM

To: FSIS RegulationsComments

Subject: [Docket No. FSIS-2006-0011] FSIS Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)


Page 1 of 98

8/3/2006
Greetings FSIS,
I would kindly like to comment on the following ;

[Federal Register: July 12, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 133)]
[Notices]
[Page 39282-39283]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

[DOCID:fr12jy06-35]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS-2006-0011]
snip...
HOWEVER, JAPAN has already shown infectivity in tissues other than CNS in there atypical TSE in cattle, so why should we wait, and expose many to this agent needlessly, since the last two mad cows in the USA were also atypical TSE ?

PrPSc distribution of a natural case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy

see full text ;
Response to Public Comments on the Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Update October 31, 2005 INTRODUCTION The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) held a public meeting on July 25, 2006 in Washington, D.C. to present findings from the Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Update, October 31, 2005 (report and model located on the FSIS website:



http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/Risk_Assessments/index.asp).

Comments on technical aspects of the risk assessment were then submitted to FSIS. Comments were received from Food and Water Watch, Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT), Farm Sanctuary, R-CALF USA, Linda A Detwiler, and Terry S. Singeltary. This document provides itemized replies to the public comments received on the 2005 updated Harvard BSE risk assessment. Please bear the following points in mind:


03-025IFA 03-025IFA-2 Terry S. Singeltary

From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. [flounder9@verizon.net]

Sent: Thursday,

September 08, 2005 6:17 PM

Subject: [Docket No. 03-025IFA] FSIS Prohibition of the Use of Specified

Risk Materials for Human Food and Requirements for the Disposition of Non-Ambulatory Disabled Cattle


THE SEVEN SCIENTIST REPORT ***


USDA/OIG-A/50601-10-KC





Monday, December 26, 2011

Prion Uptake in the Gut: Identification of the First Uptake and Replication Sites



Saturday, January 16, 2010
Evidence For CJD TSE Transmission Via Endoscopes 1-24-3 re-Singeltary to Bramble et al
Evidence For CJD/TSE Transmission Via Endoscopes

From Terry S. Singletary, Sr flounder@wt.net 1-24-3



layperson
Terry S. Singeltary Sr.