September 5, 2006

Here is an interesting paper that describes a different type of BSE with a shorter incubation period.

Germany: Characterization of an atypical form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)

The following recently published paper is reproduced here because of
its relevance to theories of the origin of new variant CJD, the human form of BSE.
Title of paper: Atypical BSE in Germany - Proof of transmissibility
and biochemical characterization. By Buschmann A, Gretzschel A,
Biacabe AG, Schiebel K, Corona C, Hoffmann C, Eiden M, Baron T,
Casalone C, Groschup MH. At the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI),

ABSTRACT. Intensive active surveillance has uncovered 2 atypical
German BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) cases in older cattle
which resemble the 2 different atypical BSE phenotypes that have
recently been described in France (designated H-type) and Italy
(designated L-type or BASE). FSnet Link