Goat BSE: proposal for improvement of goat TSE discriminative diagnosis and susceptibility based assessment of BSE infectivity in goat milk and meat
Description:
In light of the known ability of the BSE agent to cross the animal/human species barrier, recent evidence establishing the presence of BSE in goat is especially alarming, as it represents a new potential risk of food-born contamination to human consumers of goat milk and meat products. The main objective is to determine the tissue distribution of BSE after oral exposure of goats and to do this while simultaneously generating indispensable data on genetic susceptibility in the most common used production breeds.
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GOAT-TSE-FREE Details of GOAT-TSE-FREE
Executive Institute:
Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR Details of Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR
Parent institution:
Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) Details of (WUR)
Contract period:
01. 12. 2006 - 30. 11. 2010
Project budget:
3,850,000 €
Participating Institutions:
- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute - Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (FLI) Details of FLI
Funding Programme:
- EC - Specific Targeted Research Projects Details of EC - Specific Targeted Research Projects
Subject:
- Animal health
Purpose of research:
Basic research
Funding Institutions:
- European Commission (EC) Details of (EC)
Project Management Agency:
- European Commission (EC) Details of EC