Recommended Web Sites

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS):Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - The Animal and Plant Health inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural health, administering the Animal Welfare Act, and carrying out wildlife damage management activities. This site provides recent news on BSE.

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)
Prion Diseases - Links to information produced by the CDC as well as outside resources will be found here. Some of the links are in PDF format and will require an Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Information Page - The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has created this fact sheet.

HowStuffWorks: How Mad Cow Disease Works - This site provides information on Mad cCow disease: how it works, what the consequences for humans are, and what is being done to control and prevent its occurrence.

Information for People Treated With Human Growth Hormone - The National Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases Information Service provides this information.

MEDLINEplus: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - Developed by the National Library of Medicine, this consumer health site directs the user to selected online resources on many common diseases and conditions.

Prions and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies - The Food and Drug Administration includes these diseases in their 'bad bug book'.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - Links to information on Mad Cow disease can be accessed from this site.

Cow image is provided by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.