Volume 3: The Early Years, 1986-88
Index

D

dairy cow cake

dairy cows  2

The Dairy Farmer

dairy farmers

dairy feed  2,  3,  4

dairy industry

Dalgety Agriculture Ltd  2

data, in central database

database, Epidemiology Department  2,  3

Davies, Dr Joan

Dawson, Dr Ann  2

Dawson, Dr Peter  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11

Dawson, Mike  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

'Dealing with BSE'

death of affected cases by shooting

death of affected cows

death of Cow 123

death of cows on Pitsham Farm

death of undiagnosed cattle

degeneration of neurons

degeneration of the cerebral tissue in Cow 142

degenerative conditions

degenerative lesions

degenerative vacuolation

Denmark

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland  2,  3

Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland  2,  3

Department of Health  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12

Department of Health and Social Security  2,  3,  4,  5

Department of Health and Social Security, responsibility

Department of Health, communication with MAFF  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10

Department of Health, dissemination of information to other countries

Deputy Secretary for Land and Resources, MAFF

Devon  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

diagnosis of animal diseases

diagnosis of Cow 142  2

diagnosis of Langford VIC samples

diagnosis of Stent Farm Syndrome

diagnosis, on clinical signs

Dickinson, Dr Alan  2

Dickinson, Brian  2

Director, CVL  2

Directorate of the CVL

Director-General, ADAS

disease containment

disease prevention methods, as possible source of infection

disease surveillance  2

diseased animals, risk to humans

diseases, new see new diseases

dissemination of information  2,  3

dissemination of information, contemporary documents

dissemination of information, decisions

dissemination of information, restriction not a 'formal' policy

dissemination of information, to other countries  2

distribution from rendering plants

distribution of MBM

distribution premises  2

Donaldson, Dr (Pirbright)

Done, Dr S

dose, infective  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13

dry heat, rendering processes

E

earliest cases, undiagnosed

earliest confirmed case

early cases  2

early cases, identified

early cases, one positive case

early cases, undiagnosed

East Anglia

The Economist  2

Eddy, Roger  2,  3

electron-microscopy  2

ELISA technique  2,  3

Elliot, D M

Ellis, Professor Peter

embryo exports  2,  3,  4,  5

emergence of BSE  2

endotoxaemia

England  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

England, dissemination of information  2,  3

England, VICs  2,  3

environmental causes

Environmental Health Journal  2

Environmental Health Officers  2

Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay see ELISA technique

epidemic curve

epidemiological investigation  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12

epidemiological modelling

epidemiologists  2

epidemiologists, medical  2

epidemiology  2,  3

Epidemiology Department (CVL)

Epidemiology Department, CVL  2,  3,  4,  5

Epidemiology Department, CVL, high commendation

Epidemiology Department, CVL, review

epidemiology of BSE  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

epidemiology of BSE, Dr Watson asked Mr Wilesmith to investigate

epidemiology of BSE, investigations completed

epidemiology, scale and characteristics

Epstein, Sir Anthony

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

eradication of diseases

eradication of rhizomania

Erlichman, James

Europe

European Commission  2

European Commission, DGVI (Agriculture)

European Commission, ruminant feed ban

European Commission, Standing Veterinary Committee

European Community  2

European Community, intra-Community trade  2,  3

European Community, Standing Veterinary Committee  2

European Parliament Temporary Committee of Inquiry

European Union

evidence of transmissibility to humans

Exchequer

Exeter  2

Exeter, Starcross VIC

'Expert Group on Animal Feedingstuffs'

expert working party  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

experts on BSE

export ban

export ban, MBM  2,  3,  4

export certification

'Export of Animal Protein'

export trade  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

export trade in sheep

export trade, cases abroad

export trade, embargo

export trade, import ban

export trade, MBM  2,  3

export trade, MBM figures

export trade, restrictions

extended common source epidemic  2,  3,  4

extension materials supplied

F

FAC  2

faming industry, slaughter and compensation policy

farm livestock, new diseases

farm livestock, ruminant feed ban  2

farm vets  2

farm visits  2,  3

farmers  2,  3

Farmers Guardian  2

Farmers Weekly  2,  3,  4

farmers, breach of notification policy  2,  3

farmers, breach of ruminant feed ban

farmers, British farmer in Portugal  2

farmers, dissemination of information  2,  3,  4,  5

farmers, dissemination of information, on cross-contamination  2

farmers, evidence of undiagnosed cases

farmers, Feed Buying and Discussion Group

farmers, notification of BSE

farmers, on-farm mixes  2,  3,  4

farmers, passive surveillance system

farmers, ruminant feed ban  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

farmers, ruminant feed ban, existing stocks  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

farmers, ruminant feed ban, MBM supplied after ban

farmers, sources of information

farmers, spurious claims

farmers, vigilance

Farmers' Union of Wales

farming industry  2,  3

farming industry see also cattle industry

farming industry, dissemination of information  2

farming industry, slaughter and compensation policy funding  2

farming journals  2

Farming News  2,  3,  4

farming press  2,  3

'Farming Today'

farms, affected  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

farms, Paul Lysley

farms, Pitsham Farm  2

farms, restrictions not appropriate

farms, ruminant feed ban, existing stocks of MBM  2,  3

farms, slaughter of affected cattle

farms, storage capacity

farms, under investigation

fat content of cattle cake

fat extraction  2

fears of bovine scrapie

Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives  2

feed  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

feed see also ruminant feed ban

Feed Buying and Discussion Group

'Feed Circular 413'

'Feed Circular 412'

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

feed compounders see also feedmills

Feed Executive Committee, UKASTA  2

feed merchants

feed recall scheme

feed suppliers  2

feed trade, associations

feed trade, exports

feed trade, MBM

feed trade, ruminant feed ban

feed trade, witnesses

feed, animal feed, ruminant feed ban

feed, animal protein  2

feed, cattle feed industry  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13

feed, cattle feed industry, witnesses

feed, fungal toxin

feed, home-mixed rations  2,  3,  4

feed, research

feedmills  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12

fertilisers

fibrosis

Field, Mr (renderer)

Financial Guidance Division

Finland  2

first cases  2

first diagnosed cases

'A First Report'

first to publish (scientific rivalry)  2

flocks, scrapie-infected

fly sprays

focal gliosis

focal hyaline droplet change.

food chain  2,  3

food industry

food industry, sceptical about MBM hypothesis

food safety

food scare

Food Standards Agency

Food Standards Bill, Clause 28

Food Standards, Fertilisers and Feedstuffs Division, MAFF

food-borne zoonoses

foot and mouth disease  2

Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Epizootics Commission  2

Foxcroft, Paul

France  2,  3

France, Sir Christopher

frank neuronal necrosis

Franklin, Sir Michael  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

Fraser, Dr Hugh  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

freedom of information

Friesian cattle  2

Friesian cows

Friesian/Holstein cow

Friesian/Holstein herds

fungal contamination of feed

fungal toxins, citrinin

G

GAFTA  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

gait  2,  3,  4

gait, of slow-virus victims

Galbraith, Dr (CDSC)

Gallagher, J  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

Gallehawk, Mr (MAFF)

Gardner, William

gemsbok

General Election, 11th June 1987  2

genetic causes  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

genetic mutation in a single animal

genetically related sheep

geographical distribution of rendered products

geographical incidence  2

Germany  2

Gerstmann-Straussler syndrome

goats  2

goats, infective dose

goats, transmission of BSE and scrapie

Goldwater, David

Government measures  2

Government, after General Election, 11th June 1987

Government, dissemination of information  2

Government, potential implications

government-funded compensation schemes see slaughter and compensation policy, funding

Grain and Feed Trade Association see GAFTA

Grant, Paddy

Great Britain, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order, 1988

Great Britain, BSE confined to Britain  2

Great Britain, rendering processes

Great Britain, ruminant feed ban  2

Great Britain, sheep population

Great Britain, transmission of scrapie

Greece

gross examination of brain

gross observations of Cow 142

gross post-mortem findings

Guardian

Guernsey

Gummer, John  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

Gunning, R F  2

H

Haine, Mrs D B  2,  3,  4

Hampshire  2

Hancock, Roger  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

Harlech Television

Harris, Dr E L

head tremor in Cow 133

Heads of Department, dissemination of information

heads of infected cattle  2,  3,  4,  5

heads of sheep, rendered  2

Health Ministers  2

heat, in rendering processes  2,  3,  4

heat-treated tissue

heavy metal toxicities

Hepburn, Jack

herbicides

herd structure

herd, national  2,  3

herds, affected  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19

herds, affected, early cases  2

herds, affected, Kent herd

herds, affected, restrictions not appropriate

herds, monitoring incidence

hind leg ataxia

hindbrain

hindsight  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13

Hirrell, D  2

histological examination  2,  3

histological features

histological report on Cow 142

histology of BSE

histopathological examination of brains  2

histopathology of BSE  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

Holmes, Geoff

Holstein cattle  2,  3

Holt, Dr T A

homogenate

Hong Kong

Hope, Dr James  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

hormones

horses

human food chain  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

human food, carcasses of infected cattle  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10

human food, meat from affected cattle  2

human food, milk from affected cattle

human food, sheep brains

human health  2

human health risks  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15

human health risks, 30-40 years to prove no risk

human health risks, no evidence

human spongiform encephalopathies

human spongiform encephalopathies see spongiform encephalopathies in humans

humans associated with affected cattle

humans, diseases 'parallel' to BSE

humans, slow-virus diseases

Hungary

Hunter, Mr (SVIO)

Huntingdon

hydrocarbon solvent extraction

hydrocarbon solvents  2

hyperaesthesia  2

hyperexcitability