 Canadian Food Inspection Agency: BSE Disease Investigation in Western Canada
 - Includes information about the case of mad cow disease in Alberta, a fact sheet on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), and Canadian preventive measures against its spread.- CBC News: Mad Cow: The Science and the Story
- Background on BSE in Canada, with overview of the condition, timeline, facts about the Canadian cattle industry, and information about the 2003 discovery of BSE in one cow in Alberta.
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
- Report by Richard H. Kimberlin addressing BSE and related diseases including Scrapie, Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy (TME), and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD).
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: An Unknown Quantity?
- Cause, effects, history, glossary of terms.
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
- Extensive site from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with news, general information for consumers, industry and veterinary information, and more.
- BSE Information at the University of Illinois
- In-depth information on spongiform encephalopathies including BSE in cattle, vCJD in humans, scrapie in sheep, and TSEs in cats, deer, and other animals.
- BSE Inquiry
- Official web site of the U.K. public inquiry into the emergence of BSE and nvCJD. Includes the full text of the inquiry report, released October 26, 2000.
- BSEinfo.org
- Information produced by National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
- DEFRA: BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)
![[*]](http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/ca/rating2.gif) - Information from the U.K. Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs regarding mad cow disease. - Food Safety: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
- Speeches and fact sheets from the European Commission.
- HowStuffWorks: How Mad Cow Disease Works
- Describes the disorder affecting the central nervous system of cattle, what its consequences for humans are, and what is being done to control and prevent its occurrence.
- Information Concerning Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy
- Archive of information concerning BSE, CJD, and scrapie from the mid-1990s to 2002.
- Mad Cow Disease/Mad Deer Disease
- Collection of articles from the Organic Consumer Association addressing Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, the chronic wasting disease.
- Mad Cow Disease: The BSE Epidemic in Great Britain
- 1996 interview with Dr. Frederick A. Murphy, Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis.
- Mad-Cow-Facts.com
- Facts, news, and links from the Centre for Global Food Issues about Mad Cow Disease, also known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.
- New Scientist Special Report on BSE and vCJD
- Articles and links dedicated to the spread of the mutant prion protein commonly know as mad cow disease.
- NOVA: The Brain Eater
- Explores the causes of Mad Cow disease, what happens when science faces an unknown pathogen, and the implications for public health.
- Pathology and Pathogenesis of Spongiform Encephalopathy
- Proposes that all forms of encephalopathies are endogenous, similar to Alzheimer's disease, and are not transmissible under normal conditions.
- Priondata.org
- Source of regularly upgraded data for scientists, business, the media, and the public about BSE, vCJD, and other TSEs.
- USDA: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
- General information on Mad Cow Disease, as well as updated news and response reports. From the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
- What Is "Mad Cow Disease" (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy/BSE)?
- Basic information about Mad Cow Disease, the human illness known as Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), and efforts to protect U.S. cattle. From the Food and Drug Administration.
- WHO: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
- Includes fact sheets on the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies BSE and vCJD, their on public health, and worldwide surveillance and control efforts.
- Why Files: Mad Cow, New Fears
- Feature article addressing the cause and spread of BSE, as well as chronic wasting disease in deer and elk, and kuru among the Fore people of New Guinea.
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