Volume 3: The Early Years, 1986-88
Index

H

I

identification of BSE  2

identification of new diseases  2,  3

implications of BSE

importing countries  2,  3,  4,  5

imports, animal-derived protein

imports, of MBM  2

inaccurate reports of cases

incineration of affected cattle  2,  3,  4,  5

incubation period  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

index cases  2,  3

indigenous sheep

infections

infections, common factor

informal approaches, to feed industry  2

informal approaches, to rendering industry

informal communication

informal discussions  2,  3

Information Division, MAFF  2

insecticides

'Inset 25' (VFS)

insurers of compounders and renderers

internal bleeding

International Animal Health Code

International Animal Health Code Commission

international awareness of BSE  2

International Roundtable on BS

international trade

intracerebral transmission

iology

Ireland  2

Israel  2

Italy  2,  3

J

Jack, Dr Bill

Japan

Jeffrey, Dr Martin  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14

Johnson, Carl  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

Joint Food Safety and Standards Group

Joint Vet/Med Research Club meeting  2

journals

K

Kent

Kent herd

Kent, Plurenden Manor Farm

Kenya

kidney of Cow 142  2

Kimberlin, Dr Richard  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13

King,Tom

knacker's yards  2,  3

kuru  2,  3,  4

Kyle, D  2

L

labelling, export products  2,  3

laboratories, private

lack of coordination in cattle

lack of coordination in Cow 133

lactation period

lamb meat and bone

Lamming Committee  2,  3

Lamming, Professor Eric

Lamont, Mike

The Lancet

Langford (Bristol)

Langford (Bristol) VIC  2

Lasswade Department

Laurson-Jones, Dr

Lawrence, Alan  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11

Lebanon

legal position  2

legal position, of food compounders

legal position, of rendering plants

legislation, unenforceable

Legras, G

lesions  2,  3,  4

lesions in Cow 142

lesions, in nyala brain tissue section

levy funding

Liberia

licences, for slaughter

Lisbon  2

Little, Dr Tony

Little, Dr Tony (Thomas)  2,  3

live cases

live cattle exports

livestock shows

local authorities  2,  3

local feed mixers

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

low temperature renderers

Lowson, Robert

lumbar dorsal horns of Cow 142

Lysley farm

Lysley, Paul

M

Maastricht Treaty

MacGregor, John  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

MacOwan, Dr Kenneth

MAFF  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

'MAFF, BSE to be made a notifiable disease'

'MAFF moves on BSE'

MAFF, accusation of cover up  2

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

MAFF, Animal Health Group  2,  3,  4

MAFF, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988

MAFF, changes since emergence of BSE

MAFF, Chief Scientists Group

MAFF, communication with DH  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10

MAFF, Deputy Secretary for Land and Resources

MAFF, dissemination of information  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14

MAFF, dissemination of information to other countries

MAFF, dissemination of information, on ruminant feed ban  2,  3

MAFF, disssemination of information to other countries

MAFF, earliest confirmed case

MAFF, embargo on reference to scrapie  2

MAFF, epidemic

MAFF, first submission

MAFF, Food Standards, Fertilisers and Feedstuffs Division

MAFF, human health risks  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

MAFF, identification of new disease  2

MAFF, Information Division  2

MAFF, internal communication  2

MAFF, legal division

MAFF, MBM research  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

MAFF, Notifiable Diseases Section  2,  3

MAFF, passive surveillance system

MAFF, Pathology Department  2,  3

MAFF, Permanent Secretary  2

MAFF, PES cutbacks

MAFF, premature disclosure

MAFF, Press Office

MAFF, press officer

MAFF, prestige at discovery

MAFF, research workers

MAFF, ruminant feed ban  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20

MAFF, ruminant feed ban, cross-contamination

MAFF, ruminant feed ban, news release

MAFF, slaughter and compensation policy  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21

MAFF, structure

MAFF, Under Secretary

MAFF, veterinarians  2,  3,  4

maize gluten meal

Major, John  2

Malaysia

Malmesbury

Malta

mammal carcasses, animal-derived protein

mammals, non-ruminants

mania

manuscript note on Richardson's report  2

marmosets  2

Martin, Ron

Martin, Dr William

Marwell Zoological Park, Hampshire  2

Massey University

maternal transmission  2,  3

Matthews, Dr Danny  2,  3,  4

Matthews, Professor W B

MBM seemeat and bone meal

measures, control

measures, remedial  2

meat and bone meal  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19

meat and bone meal see also ruminant feed ban

meat and bone meal, compulsory ban  2

meat and bone meal, distribution

meat and bone meal, distribution premises

meat and bone meal, existing stocks

meat and bone meal, importing countries' awareness of risk  2

meat and bone meal, pockets of infectivity

meat and bone meal, shelf life

meat and bone meal, temporary ban  2,  3,  4

meat and bone meal, voluntary ban  2,  3

meat consumption

meat industry

meat inspection  2,  3

Meat Inspection Regulations

Meat Research Institute, Bristol

meat, lamb meat and bone in feed

meat, of affected cattle  2,  3,  4

media  2,  3,  4,  5

medical literature

medical profession  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

Medical Research Club

Medical Research Club, joint meeting  2,  3

Medical Research Council  2

medicinal additives  2

medicinal products  2

medicinal products, veterinary

Mediterranean Zoonoses Control Programme

medulla (hindbrain)

medulla of Cow 142

Meldrum, Keith  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

Mellor, David

'membrane adherence' properties

memory loss, of slow-virus victims

memory of witnesses  2

merchants  2,  3

merchants, existing stocks of MBM

metabolic causes  2

metabolic disorders of short duration

Metters, Dr Jeremy

mice  2,  3

microbiology

microscopic observations of Cow 142

Middle East  2

mild ataxia

Mild renal nephrosis

milk consumption

milk industry

Milk Marketing Board  2,  3,  4

milk quotas

milk, from affected cows  2,  3

milking animals

Ministerial submissions see submissions, Ministerial

Ministers, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Order 1988

Ministers, dissemination of information  2

mink  2

mink, transmissible mink encephalopathy

moderate spongiform encephalopathy

moist heat, rendering processes

molecular biology experiment

monitoring incidence

monitoring regulations

monitoring ruminant feed ban

Montagu of Beaulieu, Lord  2,  3,  4

'Monthly Summary'

'Monthly Summary (Cattle)'

Moore, John

Moredun

Morgan, Dr K L  2

Morocco

morphological diagnosis

Morris, Professor Roger  2

Moss, Dr Roy

Mouat, David

movement loss, slow-virus victims

movement restrictions  2

multifocal (4 foci) non-suppurative perivascular infiltration and focal gliosis

multifocal spongy transformation of the brain parancyma

Murrell, Dr (DH)

mutation, genetic mutation in a single animal

'Mystery Disease'

N

National Cattle Breeders' Association  2,  3

National Farmers' Union  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

National Farmers' Union, Animal Health and Welfare Committee  2

National Institutes of Health

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

NCBA see National Cattle Breeders Association

need to 'publish'

Neilson, H R

Nelson, Ms Judith  2

nervous behaviour  2

'nervous' cows

nervous system, destroyed by slow-virus diseases

nervous tissues

nervous tissues from Stent cows

Netherlands, the  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

neurobiology unit

neurological signs

'A Neurological Syndrome'

neurologists, clinical

neuronal necrosis  2

neuronal vacuolation  2,  3

neurones

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

neuropathologists

Neuropathology Section

neuropathology, ruminant

neuropil vacuolation  2

new and emerging diseases

new animal diseases  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

new disease, clinical and pathological observations

new disease, first submission to Ministers

new disease, not identified in Cow 142

new diseases  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

new diseases in cattle  2

new diseases in cattle see also premature disclosure

new diseases in cattle, clinical and pathological observations

new diseases, BSE not identified in Cow 142

new diseases, dissemination of information  2

new diseases, scientific rivalry  2,  3,  4,  5

New Scientist

new TSE in cattle

New Zealand  2

New Zealand, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

Newcastle disease  2,  3

news releases  2,  3,  4,  5

newspapers, farming

Nigeria

non-notifiable diseases

non-ruminant species, ruminant feed ban

non-ruminating game animals

non-suppurative interstitial reaction

non-suppurative reactions

North Africa

North Yorkshire County Council

Northern Ireland  2,  3,  4,  5

Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland, DANI  2

Northern Ireland, ruminant feed ban

Northern Ireland, Secretary of State for Nothern Ireland

Northern Ireland, veterinary service facilities

Norway

note from Jeffrey to Richardson

note from Wells to Richardson

'Notice to Manufacturers and Mixers of Animal Feedingstuffs'

notifiable diseases  2

Notifiable Diseases Section, MAFF  2,  3

Notification  2

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

notification, compulsory  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14

notification, voluntary

'A Novel Bovine Neurological Disorder?'

'A novel progressive spongiform encephalopathy in cattle'  2,  3,  4

NPU see Neuropathogenesis Unit

nutrition, common factors

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

O

"off the record" meetings, on rendering and feed industries

offal  2

Office International des Epizooties  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

OIE see Office International des Epizooties

'OIE, brief overview'

opinions on scrapie in cattle

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

oral infection

oral infective dose  2

oral transmission  2

organophosphates

organophosphorous fly sprays

organs from affected cattle

organs from Stent cows

ovine offal

ovine scrapie, emphasis to be avoided

ovine species, protein

Owen, Mrs Elizabeth

P

Papua New Guinea

parasitic worms

Parasitology Department, CVL

Paris  2,  3

Parliament, General Election (June 1987)

Parliament, ruminant feed ban

Parliamentary Secretary  2,  3

parlour concentrates

passive surveillance system  2,  3,  4,  5

pasteurisation

pathogenesis  2

pathological analysis of brain of Cow 142

pathological analysis of Stent Farm Syndrome

pathological changes, Cow 142  2

Pathology Department, CVL  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

Pathology Department, MAFF  2,  3

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

Pathology Report on Cow 142  2,  3,  4,  5

Paull, Miss N J  2,  3

Pauls Agriculture Ltd

pedigree of affected cattle  2

pelleted calf feed

peracute multifocal tubular necrosis

'Performance Evaluation'

Permanent Secretary  2,  3,  4,  5

pesticides

pet food  2,  3,  4

Phillips, Ms J

PHLS see Public Health Laboratory Service

phospholipids

photographs of clinical signs

Pickles, Dr Hilary  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

pidemiology

Pig Veterinary Society

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

Pill, Mr (SCVO)

Pirbright

Pitsham Farm

placenta

Plurenden Manor Farm

poisons in the blood

policy changes, on means of dissemination

policy decisions  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

policy makers, role of CVL

political implications  2,  3,  4,  5,  6

Portugal  2,  3

post-mortems  2,  3,  4,  5

post-mortems, Cow 142

post-mortems, Cow 36

poultry  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14

poultry, Newcastle disease

precautionary principle

premature disclosure  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8

premature disclosure of MBM

press  2,  3,  4,  5

press, dissemination of information

press, MAFF press officers

press, unattributable press briefing

Preston

primates  2

prion diseases

prion protein  2,  3

producers, premature disclosure

production processes

production processes see also feed compounders, and rendering processes

progressive nervous signs

Prosper De Mulder  2,  3,  4

protease-resistant prion protein (PrP)

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

protein supplements  2,  3,  4

protein, animal-derived

Protocol for suspect BSE cases

Proud, Andrew

Pruisner, Professor Stanley

public alarm  2,  3,  4

Public Expenditure Survey

public health  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9

Public Health Laboratory Service  2,  3,  4

public indifference

public, dissemination of information  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10

'Publication Situation'

publications, relating to BSE  2

Puerto Rico