Number: RL32269
Title: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), Including Mad Cow Disease: Public Health and Scientific Issues
Authors: Sarah A. Lister and Judith A. Johnson, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report examines known and purported human health risks from BSE and related diseases, the status of efforts to detect and prevent these diseases in humans, and the scientific basis of these efforts.
Pages: 19
Date: Updated March 1, 2004