Baylis Matthew, Houston Fiona, Kao Rowland R, McLean Angela R, Hunter Nora, Gravenor Mike B
Institute for Animal Health, Compton Laboratory, Newbury, Berkshire, UK RG20 7NN.
Trends Microbiol. 2002 Dec;10(12):563-70. doi: 10.1016/s0966-842x(02)02477-0.
The entire sheep flock in the UK has been threatened with slaughter if BSE is found in farmed sheep, largely on the grounds that an epidemic of BSE in sheep could be harder to contain than was the case for cattle, and that lamb could present a greater risk to consumers than beef. However, identifying BSE in a sheep is not straightforward, because of its similarities to the related disease, scrapie. Here, we review the likelihood that any UK sheep have BSE, how they might have got it, how a case could be identified and what the Government is doing in terms of surveillance and possible control methods.
如果在养殖绵羊中发现疯牛病，英国的整个羊群都面临被屠宰的威胁，主要原因是绵羊的疯牛病疫情可能比牛的疫情更难控制，而且羊肉对消费者构成的风险可能比牛肉更大。然而，由于绵羊疯牛病与相关疾病羊瘙痒病相似，因此识别绵羊疯牛病并非易事。在此，我们将审视英国绵羊感染疯牛病的可能性、它们可能的感染途径、如何识别病例以及政府在监测和可能的控制方法方面正在采取的措施。
