Volume 3: The Early Years, 1986-88
Index

A

abattoirs  2

accidental contamination of ruminant feed

Acheson, Sir Donald  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15

acute clinical disease

ADAS see Agricultural Development and Advisory Service

adult cattle  2

adult dairy cows, undiagnosed cases

aetiology of BSE  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11

aetiology of BSE, single common source  2

Africa  2

age of cattle

age-related cases  2,  3

aggressive behaviour  2

agitation

Agricultural Departments

Agricultural Development and Advisory Service  2,  3,  4

Agricultural Development and Advisory Service, Bulletins

Agricultural Development and Advisory Service, Director-General

Agricultural Development and Advisory Service, prestige at discovery

agricultural journals

Agriculture and Food Research Council

Agriculture Minister

alarmist reactions  2,  3,  4

Algeria

Alzheimer's disease

amino acid sequences

analytical techniques

Andrews, Derek (later Sir Derek)  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  32

Andrews, Dr Tony

anecdotal evidence

animal diseases  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

animal feed

animal feed industry

animal feed industry, Northern Ireland

animal feed trade associations

animal feed, chain of supply

animal feed, see also feed

animal health  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11

Animal Health 1986

Animal Health Act 1981  2,  3

Animal Health and Welfare Committee, NFU  2

Animal Health Circulars

Animal Health Code Commission

Animal Health Code, International  2

Animal Health Division, MAFF  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

Animal Health Group, MAFF  2,  3,  4

animal health, journals

animal protein  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

animal protein, defined  2

animal waste

animal welfare  2

animal-derived protein

animal-derived protein, defined

'animals', defined to mean ruminant animals, ruminant feed ban

antelope feed

anthelmintics

Anthony, Francis

antihelminthics

appetite near normal

apprehensive behaviour

arched back of Cow 142

'The Archers'

artefactual observations

artificial insemination  2

Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer, DAFS

Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer, Scotland

Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer, VI Service  2

asymptomatic cattle

ataxia  2

Atkinson, Martin  2

attack rate studies

Aujeszky's disease  2,  3,  4

Australia  2,  3

autosomal dominant inheritance

autosomal recessive inheritance

B

BABs  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10

bacteraemia  2

bacterial toxaemia, Cow 142

bacterial toxin  2,  3

Bacteriology Department of CVL

Baker, Ralph  2

balance of payments

Balogh, Dr K de

Barlow

Bartlett, Dr (CDSC)

batch rendering  2,  3

BCVA see British Cattle Veterinary Association

Beaulieu

Bee, David  2,  3

beef, from infected animals

behaviour changes

Belgium

Bell, John  2,  3

Bell, Professor Ronald  2

Berger, Dr R

Bibby (J) Agricultural Ltd

Big Farm Weekly  2

Biochemistry Department, CVL

Biologicals Sub-Committee, Committee on Safety of Medicines  2,  3,  4

Blackburn, Mrs A M

Blajan, Dr Louis  2

blood  2

Bockley Mills

BOCM Pauls

BOCM Silcock  2,  3

Boden, Edward

body tissue samples

Bollington, H (Roger)  2

bovine brain emulsion  2

bovine brain, spongiform change diagnosed

bovine diseases  2

bovine embryos and semen, export

bovine material in vaccines

bovine prion gene

bovine scrapie  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

bovine scrapie in Cow 142

bovine species, first recognised case of TSE-like disease

bovine species, protein

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Amendment Order 1989

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1988

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988 (No. 2)

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988, Article 12

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988, Article 7  2

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988, Article 9

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988, period of grace

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988, signed

'Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy', first use of the term

bovine spongiform encephalopathy, referred to in VI Service 'Monthly Summary'

Bradley, Ray  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  32,  33,  34,  35,  36,  37,  38,  39,  40,  41,  42,  43,  44,  45,  46,  47,  48,  49,  50,  51,  52,  53

brain homogenate

brain lesions

brain of Cow 142  2,  3,  4

brain of undiagnosed cases

brain sections  2,  3,  4,  5

brain sections, control brains

brain sections, from cow (Langford VIC)

brain sections, of nyala  2

brain stem  2

brain tissue, infective

brain, bovine brain emulsion  2

brain, infective dose

brain, nyala brain section  2

brain-damage, in affected cows

brains of infected cattle  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

brains of infected cattle, first analysis

brains of infected cattle, SAFs  2

brains of Plurenden Manor Farm cows

brains, human, affected by Alheimer's disease

brains, human, consumption by cannibals

brains, of mice

brains, sheep, for human consumption

brains, sheep, rendered

brainstem spongiform change with neuronal vacuolation

breed societies

breeding research

breeds and crossbreeds

Bristol  2

Bristol VIC  2

Bristol, ADAS

British Cattle Veterinary Association  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10

British Cattle Veterinary Association, BSE Group

British Cattle Veterninary Association

British Embassies  2

British Embassies, Lisbon  2

British Friesian Society  2

British Holstein Society

British Medical Journal  2

British Neuropathological Society

British Veterinary Association  2,  3,  4,  5

British Veterinary Association Congress  2

brokers  2

Bruce, Dr Moira  2

brucellosis

Brussels

BSE a major discovery

BSE categorised as a TSE  2

BSE Group (BCVA)

BSE Group (CVL)  2,  3

BSE Group (CVL), policy guidelines

'BSE', first use of the term

BSE, on being first to announce condition

bulk feed containers

bulk storage

Bulletins, ADAS

bulls  2,  3

burial of infected cattle  2

BVA see British Veterinary Association

C

California

calves  2

calves, culled

calves, feed  2,  3,  4

calves, infective dose  2

calving and infected cows

Canada

cannibals

caprine species, protein

carcasses of animals, in cattle feed

carcasses of infected animals

carcasses of infected cattle  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

carcasses of infected cattle, disposal  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12

carcasses of sheep, rendered

Carrigan, Peter

Case Card (Form DL99)

cases

cases, 140 a week

cases, 40 a month

cases, 60 a month  2

cases, 679

cases, a sprinkling

cases, clusters

cases, confirmed  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16

cases, constant number of new cases

cases, death of undiagnosed cases

cases, inaccurate reports

cases, increase  2,  3

cases, new cases ceased

cases, new cases constant number

cases, not referred

cases, over 3,000 a month

cases, probable

cases, rate of referral

cases, reported  2,  3

cases, suspected  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15

cases, suspected, breach of notification policy

cases, suspected, compulsory notification

cases, suspected, increase

cases, suspected, increasing

cases, suspected, Protocol for suspect BSE cases

cases, under-reported  2,  3,  4

cases, undiagnosed

cases, unrecorded

cases, unreported  2

cases, weekly summaries

cassava, dried

casualty animals, rendered

casualty sheep, rendered

cattle and BSE, cases abroad

cattle and BSE, danger thought to be small

cattle born after the ruminant feed ban see BABs

cattle brain samples

cattle breeders, dissemination of information

cattle breeding stock

cattle cake  2

cattle feed see feed

cattle industry  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10

cattle industry, slaughter and compensation policy  2,  3

cattle industry, slaughter and compensation policy funding  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

cattle population of UK  2

cattle products, export trade

cattle to cattle transmission  2,  3

cattle, affected

cattle, breeds and crossbreeds

cattle, death of undiagnosed cases

cattle, export trade  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

cattle, metabolic problems from sudden withdrawal of compound rations

cattle, new diseases see new diseases in cattle

cattle, progressive neurological disorder of adult cattle

cattle, protected by ruminant feed ban

cattle, transmission research  2

cause of BSE

causes of BSE  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22

causes, single common source

Cawthorne, Dr Richard  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

CDSC see Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre

central database

Central Veterinary Laboratory  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18

Central Veterinary Laboratory, and NPU  2

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Animal Health 1986

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Annual Report 1988

Central Veterinary Laboratory, archives  2

Central Veterinary Laboratory, BCVA meeting

Central Veterinary Laboratory, brain samples from Langford VIC

Central Veterinary Laboratory, BSE coordinator

Central Veterinary Laboratory, BSE Group  2

Central Veterinary Laboratory, BSE Group set up

Central Veterinary Laboratory, BSE Group, policy guidelines

Central Veterinary Laboratory, defence

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Directorate  2,  3

Central Veterinary Laboratory, dissemination of information  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12

Central Veterinary Laboratory, dissemination of information in Scotland

Central Veterinary Laboratory, dissemination of information to other countries

Central Veterinary Laboratory, dissemination of information, VIS/CVL joint publication

Central Veterinary Laboratory, early cases

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Epidemiology Department  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Epidemiology Department, high commendation

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Epidemiology Department, review

Central Veterinary Laboratory, identification of new disease

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Kent herd

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Lysley farm cows

Central Veterinary Laboratory, MBM research

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Parasitology Department

Central Veterinary Laboratory, passive surveillance system

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Pathology Department  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Plurenden Manor Farm cows

Central Veterinary Laboratory, prestige at new discovery  2

Central Veterinary Laboratory, questionnaire

Central Veterinary Laboratory, research  2,  3,  4,  5

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Research Coordinator on BSE

Central Veterinary Laboratory, review of brain sections

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Stent Farm samples  2

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Virology Department  2

Central Veterinary Laboratory, VIS/CVL joint publication

Central Veterinary Officers, OIE

cerebellum of Cow 142

cerebrum of Cow 142

cervical spinal cord, of nyala

changes in behaviour of cattle

changes in character of cattle

Cheshire, Mr Wells' meeting

Chief Medical Officer  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16

Chief Scientists Group, MAFF

Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Chief Veterinary Officer  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17

Chief Veterinary Officer, Animal Health 1986

Chief Veterinary Officer, Scotland

Chief Veterinary Officers, in importing countries

Chief Veterinary Officers, of importing countries  2

chronic bacteraemia

chronic illness

chronic wasting disease

circular letter, for dissemination of information

circumstantial evidence of past cases

citrinin

CJD see Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

classical swine fever

clinical disease, acute

clinical epidemic

clinical history of cows

clinical observations

clinical onset

clinical symptoms  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

clinical symptoms, as diagnosis

clinical symptoms, in BABs

clostridial toxaemia

code of practice for rendering industry

Coe, J  2

Colindale  2,  3

commercial dairy concentrates

Committee on Safety of Medicines

Committee on Safety of Medicines, Biologicals Sub-Committee  2,  3,  4

common factors  2,  3

common novel pathology

common source epidemic  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

common source infection

common source, single

Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre  2,  3,  4,  5

compensation  2,  3,  4

compensation, against compounders

compensation, sugar beet industry

compound rations

compulsory slaughter  2,  3

compulsory slaughter see also slaughter and compensation policy

condemned animals, rendered

condemned sheep, rendered

confidentiality  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10

confirmed cases, earliest

conflict of evidence see witnesses conflict of evidence

Conservative Government, after General Election, 11th June 1987

consultancy service on animal diseases

Consultant Pathology Unit  2

continuous rendering  2,  3

control brains

conversation about Cow 142

Cooke, Dr Brian  2

Cooperatives

Cornwall

Corpora quadrigemina of Cow 142

Coultous, Mr (Environmental Health Officer)  2,  3,  4

Council of Ministers

County Councils

covering-up accusation  2

Cow 133  2

Cow 142  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

Cow 36

cows, calving

cows, confirmed cases

cows, destroyed on Plurenden Manor Farm

cows, earliest confirmed cases

cows, early victims

cows, early victims, culling offspring

cows, feed

cows, infective dose  2

cows, milking animals

cows, suspected cases

cows, with Stent Farm Syndrome

CPU see Consultant Pathology Unit

Crawford, Iain  2,  3

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease  2,  3,  4,  5

cross-contamination  2

Cruickshank, Alistair  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  32,  33,  34,  35,  36,  37,  38,  39,  40,  41,  42,  43,  44,  45,  46,  47,  48,  49,  50

Cumbria

Cunningham, Mrs Susan

Curaçao

Curnow, Professor Robert

CVL see Central Veterinary Laboratory

CVO see Chief Veterinary Officer

Cyprus

Czechoslovakia