Volume 12: Livestock Farming
9. Control of animal disease epidemics
Monitoring the emergence of new diseases in livestock

9.3 At the time BSE emerged the identification and subsequent monitoringof new diseases in cattle relied on a 'passive surveillance' system, which isdiscussed in vol. 3: The Early Years, 1986-88. This system relied upon vetsin private practice voluntarily referring novel cases to their local Veterinary Investigation Centre.