Volume 2: Science
Index

A

abattoir workers, CJD

ABRO

acetylcholine

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus  2

adenine

Advisory Board for the Research Councils  2,  3,  4,  5

Advisory Committee on Scrapie

Advisory Council for Applied Research and Development

Advisory Council for Research

Advisory Council on Science and Technology  2,  3

Advisory Group on Scrapie Research

AFRC

age, vCJD  2

age-groups, vCJD

Agricultural and Food Research Council  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22

Agricultural and Food Research Council, BSEP  2

Agricultural and Food Research Council, Meat Research Institute

Agricultural and Food Research Council, NPU funding

Agricultural and Food Research Council, NPU Site Group

Agricultural and Food Research Council, working party on research

Agricultural Development and Advisory Service  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

Agricultural Research Council  2,  3

agricultural research, changing focus

agricultural research, cut in funding

Agriculture and Food Research Council  2

agriculture R&D

Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Research Funders Group

agriculture, R&D

alleles  2,  3,  4,  5

Allen Committee

Allen, Professor Ingrid  2

Almond, Professor Jeffrey  2,  3,  4

Alper, T.

Alzheimer's disease  2,  3,  4,  5

amino acid sequence,

amino acids  2

amphotericin B

amyloid plaques  2

amyloid plaques, inhibiting formation

Anderson, Professor Roy  2,  3,  4,  5

Andrews, Mr (now Sir) Derek  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

animal accommodation

Animal Breeding Research Organisation

animal disease surveillance

animal diseases, reduction of public funding

animal diseases, research

animal diseases, surveillance

animal feed, MBM in

animal feed, recycled

animal feed, ruminant protein in  2

animal feed, SBO ban

animal food chain

Animal Health and Veterinary Group

Animal Health Group

animal health research, cuts

animal health, cuts in expenditure

animal material, rendered

animal protein, cattle feed

animal protein, MBM

Animal Virus Research Institute

animals, experimental

animals, subclinically affected

animals, TSEs

ankole cow

anthelmintics

anthracycline

antibodies  2,  3

antibodies, detection of ruminant protein

antibodies, inhibiting PrPsc

antibodies, measurement

antibodies, raised levels

antibodies, ruminant protein detection

antigens

anti-inflammatory agents

antioxidants

antioxidation, copper

appendices  2

appendices, abnormal PrP

applied research

Arabian oryx

ARC

arginine

artificial insemination  2

attack rate study  2,  3

attack rate study, BSE

Attridge, Mrs Elizabeth

autoimmune disease

autoimmune disease, BSE as

autoimmune disease, CNS

autoimmune reaction, BSE

autosomal dominant disorders

autosomal dominant gene

autosomal dominant gene, CJD

autosomal dominant inheritance  2

autosomal dominant trait, familial CJD

autosomal recessive genes

autosomal recessive inheritance, BSE

B

BABs  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

BABs, BSE infection  2

BABs, cause

BABs, PrP gene

bacteria  2

bacteria, cattle feed

Barnes Report

Barnes, Mr C.J.A.

Barritault, Professor

batch rendering  2,  3

beef products, BSE infected tissues

beef products, processed

beef, risk to humans

behavioural disturbances, vCJD

Belgium, BSE

Bell, Professor Ronald  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

Biggs, Professor Peter  2,  3

bioassay  2,  3,  4,  5

bioassay, comparative

biological assay

Biology of the Spongiform Encephalopathies Programme  2,  3,  4,  5

biomedical sciences, research

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, TSE research

bison

blood tests, subclinical BSE

blood transfusions, CJD transmission

blood, human, analysis

blood, metabolites

blood, white cells

bloodmeal

Blundell, Professor Sir Thomas  2

born-after-the-ban animals see BABS

Bostock, Dr Chris

Bourne, Professor John  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

bovine material, high exposure

bovine material, uses

bovine material, veterinary preparations

bovine serum albumin

bovine tissues, fate of

bovine tissues, high exposure groups

bovine tissues, pharmaceutical industry

b-PrP

Bradley, Mr Raymond  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25

brain

brain biopsy, histopathological examination

brain homogenates  2,  3

brain homogenates, beef products

brain homogenates, BSE

brain homogenates, low doses

brain homogenates, proteinase K digestion

brain lesions, scrapie compared with BSE

brain material, administration

brain material, oral

brain material, oral administration

brain samples, BSE-affected

brain tissues, histopathological examination

brain tissues, infectivity  2,  3

brain, amyloid plaques

brain, BSE agent

brain, BSE infection

brain, cattle routinely sent for slaughter

brain, histopathological examination  2

brain, histopathology  2

brain, infectivity

brain, prion protein

brain, scrapie

brain, spongiform change

breeding strategy, against BSE

breeds, sheep

BSE agent  2

BSE agent, identification

BSE agent, oral exposure

BSE agent, oral infective dose

BSE agent, recycling

BSE agent, single strain

BSE, animal health surveillance system

BSE, ante-mortem diagnosis

BSE, assessment of research

BSE, attack rate experiment

BSE, attack rate study  2

BSE, autoimmune disease

BSE, behavioural signs

BSE, blood transmission to sheep

BSE, case numbers

BSE, cattle to cattle transmission

BSE, comparison with vCJD

BSE, CVL research

BSE, CVL/NPU meetings

BSE, diagnosis  2,  3,  4,  5

BSE, dose-related experiments

BSE, early cases

BSE, effects on humans

BSE, embryo transfer study

BSE, emergence

BSE, endemic in sheep population

BSE, epidemiological investigations

BSE, epidemiology  2,  3

BSE, extended common source

BSE, genetic resistance and susceptibility

BSE, genetic studies

BSE, genetic susceptibility

BSE, geographic spread  2,  3

BSE, glycosylation patterns  2

BSE, goegraphic spread

BSE, health consequences

BSE, histopathology

BSE, host range

BSE, identification as TSE

BSE, in experimental mice

BSE, incidence in Europe

BSE, incidence within herds  2

BSE, incubation period  2,  3,  4

BSE, infective agent

BSE, infectivity

BSE, infectivity and transmisisbility

BSE, infectivity in sheep

BSE, initiating factors

BSE, lateral transmission  2,  3

BSE, link with CJD

BSE, link with vCJD  2,  3

BSE, MAFF research  2

BSE, maternal cohort study  2

BSE, maternal transmission  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

BSE, NPU expertise

BSE, number of cases

BSE, oral transmission  2

BSE, organophosphates as cause

BSE, overview of research programme

BSE, pathogenesis  2,  3

BSE, post-mortem diagnosis

BSE, post-mortem test

BSE, R&D funding

BSE, R&D priority

BSE, recognition

BSE, research  2

BSE, research & development

BSE, research expenditure

BSE, research funding  2,  3

BSE, research management and coordination

BSE, research project

BSE, risk of becoming endemic in sheep

BSE, science of

BSE, scientific investigations  2

BSE, scrapie as source

BSE, scrapie origin

BSE, scrapie transmisison

BSE, sheep

BSE, single point source  2

BSE, single strain

BSE, strains

BSE, subclinical  2

BSE, subclinical cases

BSE, tests

BSE, therapy

BSE, touch test

BSE, transmissibility  2

BSE, transmissibility to humans

BSE, transmissibility to primates

BSE, transmission properties

BSE, transmission routes

BSE, transmission to calves

BSE, transmission to humans  2

BSE, transmission to mice  2,  3

BSE, transmission to sheep and goats  2

BSE, unnoticed infections

BSEP

BSEP Working Group

BSEP-I  2

BSEP-II

budget, MAFF research  2

budgets, Departments

bulls, artificial insemination

bulls, BSE semen studies

bulls, in embryo transfer studies

Bunyan, Dr Peter  2,  3,  4

burgers, vCJD source