| targeted surveillance to assess the presence of bse in the age risk population of cattle slaughtered in bursa, turkey: preliminary results of an immunohistochemical detection study for the 2004-2005 period. | bovine spongiform encephalopathy (bse), a member of the transmissible spongiform encepahlopathies, has been a notifiable disease in turkey since 1997. in 2002, the bse status of turkey was assessed by the eu scientific steering committee as "it is likely but not confirmed". this study presents the results of a targeted surveillance study to assess the presence of bse in the age risk population of bursa, turkey. in the assessment procedure, the immunohistochemical detection of protease-resistant ... | 2007 | 17519575 |