After BSE
Subtitle: a future for the European livestock sector
By: editor, E.P. Cunningham
Contributors: European Union
Series: EAAP publication -- no. 108; EAAP publication -- no. 108.
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Wageningen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9789086865161; 9789076998237
Subjects: Animal industry; Animal health; Livestock; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Meat industry and trade; Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Epidemiology; Disease Outbreaks; Veterinary; Industrie animale; Santé animale; Encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine
Other titles: After Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy :
Description: EAAP prepared a comprehensive report on BSE, the aim of which was not to defend the sectional interests of animal production, but rather to enlighten all sectors of society who have to make decisions on this difficult topic and to make preparations for other emergencies in the future.

The BSE epidemic which began in Britain in 1986 plunged the European livestock sector into its largest peacetime crisis in 100 years. Though the epidemic is drawing to a close, the technical and economic impact will continue. Consumer confidence in the integrity of the food chain has been severely damaged. Government agencies and controls have been discredited. Much has been done to correct the deficiencies that led to the crisis. Much remains to be done. Against this background, EAAP commissioned a group of fourteen experts to review the causes and consequences of the crisis. They were asked to place it in the context of the many factors that are forcing the pace of change in the livestock production sector, and in the food chain which it serves. Based on these analyses, they were charged with mapping the future options for the industry. This book begins with the BSE epidemic. Present knowledge on its origin and spread are briefly and authoritatively reviewed; original analyses of its economic i.
Notes: "NUGI 835."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Table of contents; Preface; After BSE; title: A future for the European Livestock SectorIntroduction; Executive Summary; Chapter 1. BSE: the Facts, the Impact, the Lessons; Chapter 2. The Changing Context: an Industry in Transition; Chapter 3. The Future: Vision and Options; Conclusions; Acronyms.