APRI Funds Four New Research Projects, Request for Proposal - BSE Testing - CANADA

APRI Funds Four New Research Projects

Three researchers from the University of Alberta, Debra Davidson, Debbie McKenzie, David Westaway, and Markus Czub, from the University of Calgary, have recently been awarded funding to conduct studies on targeted prion related topics. These research investments, totaling over $1.5 million, are enhancing Alberta’s international presence in prion and protein misfolding disease research – diseases which are infectious, untreatable and fatal.

The four new funded projects are:

Identification of Biomarkers in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Serum Specific for Neurological Diseases in Cattle

Dr. Czub and his team will develop maps to show the connections between all proteins associated with different neurological disorders of cattle. These maps will then be used to identify specific disease markers or to detect classical and atypical forms of BSE. The biomarkers identified in the maps may be useful in developing an accurate and economical pre-mortem TSE test.

Improving TSE Mitigation Through Institutional Analysis of Response Strategies: A Comparative Study of Alberta and Ontario, Canada

Dr. Davidson’s study will analyze the factors that influenced the response to the BSE crisis since the Canadian outbreak in 2003 in hopes of providing information useful to all levels of government for the development of public policies regarding TSEs.

Fate of Prion-Infected Cells

Dr. McKenzie’s research will aim to determine the mechanisms and pathways that lead to neuron loss during the course of prion infection. The identification of the molecular pathways involved in cell fate will help in the development of therapeutic interventions for prion diseases.

A Parallel Platform Resource for Measuring Prion Infectivity

To further explore the risks associated with prion infectivity, Dr. Westaway’s study will test for the presence of infectious prions in Specified Risk Materials (SRMs) before and after candidate inactivation procedures. This testing capability will yield rapid, high quality data that will facilitate informed decisions of prion risk and mitigation strategies for the province of Alberta.

(Dr. Westaway's project is co-funded by the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency)

Request for Proposal - BSE Testing The Alberta Prion Research Institute and PrioNet Canada, in partnership with the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA) are requesting submission of proposals to study a voluntary BSE testing system based on private industry standards. The study will include a rigorous cost and risk versus benefit analysis.

Important Dates

Deadline for receipt of Applications November 30th, 2009

Approval of Award December 18th, 2009

Final date for completion of Project June 4th, 2010

For more information regarding the BSE testing Request for Proposal please visit www.prioninstitute.ca

For questions regarding this request for proposal, contact:

Kevin Keough Executive Director Alberta Prion Research Institute Phone: (780) 702-8024 Fax: (780) 420-0018 kevin.keough@prioninstitute.ca

Partnerships: Current and Upcoming Activities Within and outside Alberta, APRI will continue to build partnerships that maximize its research investments.

APRI and PrioNet Canada co-fund projects that link academic research with specific industry-identified challenges such as: anti-mortem testing and testing for targeted markets, Specified Risk Material (SRM) disposal and new uses, implications of prions in the environment and the spread and control of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).

The Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA) and APRI have recently solidified their partnership and are now also co-funding research projects.

In collaboration, APRI, PrioNet and ALMA submitted a Request for Proposal to study a voluntary BSE testing system based on private industry standards. These three organizations are also working together in the area of risk management with provincial and federal participation.

Working with partners makes it possible to share ideas, expertise, technology and resources. It facilitates the transfer of knowledge, avoids duplication of effort and helps us get the biggest ban for our buck.

Canada's Annual Prion Research Conference PrPCanada 2010

March 8-10, 2010 The Westin Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario, Canada www.prionmeeting.ca

On the Horizon: Exploration of current and future prion challenges

The Alberta Prion Research Institute and PrioNet Canada are proud to present Canada's 4th annual prion research conference, PrPCANADA 2010, from March 8-10 in our nation’s capital of Ottawa, Ontario. The theme for the 2 ½ day conference is "On the Horizon: Exploration of current and future prion challenges". We are anticipating over 300 attendees from around the world and 120+ poster presentations.

Important Deadlines

Jan 11 - Poster presentation/invited speaker abstract deadline Jan 11 - Early bird registration deadline Feb 1 - Registration and hotel booking deadline

Registration and hotel booking will be opening soon. Bookmark the conference website (www.prionmeeting.ca) for updates!



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TEST ALL CATTLE FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL CONSUMPTION (reputable, validated, up to date, and verifiable testing), then markets abroad will have no problem accepting you product. Do I hear an amen.............amen...TSS



Thursday, November 12, 2009

BSE FEED RECALL Misbranding of product by partial label removal to hide original source of materials 2009

http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/bse-feed-recall-misbranding-of-product.html



re-FOIA REQUEST ON FEED RECALL PRODUCT contaminated with prohibited material Recall # V-258-2009 and Recall # V-256-2009

http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/re-foia-request-on-feed-recall-product.html



Friday, September 4, 2009

FOIA REQUEST ON FEED RECALL PRODUCT 429,128 lbs. feed for ruminant animals may have been contaminated with prohibited material Recall # V-258-2009

http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/foia-request-on-feed-recall-product.html



Saturday, August 29, 2009

FOIA REQUEST FEED RECALL 2009 Product may have contained prohibited materials Bulk Whole Barley, Recall # V-256-2009

http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/foia-request-feed-recall-2009-product.html



Wednesday, August 19, 2009

CFIA Enhances Animal Disease Reporting


http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2009/08/cfia-enhances-animal-disease-reporting.html




Monday, November 16, 2009

CANADA, USA, specified risk materials (SRMs), Environment, Fertilizer, AND Politics, just more BSe

stupid is, as stupid does...TSS


http://madcowspontaneousnot.blogspot.com/2009/11/canada-usa-specified-risk-materials.html



Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Surveillance On the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and rabies in Taiwan and USA

http://usdavskorea.blogspot.com/2009/11/surveillance-on-bovine-spongiform.html



Tuesday, November 17, 2009

SEAC NEW RESULTS ON IDIOPATHIC BRAINSTEM NEURONAL CHROMATOLYSIS (IBNC) FROM THE VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY (VLA) SEAC 103/1

http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2009/11/seac-new-results-on-idiopathic.html



2009 UPDATE ON ALABAMA AND TEXAS MAD COWS 2005 and 2006

http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2006/08/bse-atypical-texas-and-alabama-update.html



Tuesday, November 17, 2009

SEAC EFFECT OF AGE ON THE PATHOGENESIS OF TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES SEAC 103/2

http://downercattle.blogspot.com/2009/11/seac-effect-of-age-on-pathogenesis-of.html



WHO WILL WATCH THE CHILDREN for CJD over the next 5 decades ?

FOR 4 years, the USDA fed dead stock downer cows, the most high risk cattle for mad cow disease and other dangerous pathogens to children all across the USA via the USDA certified dead stock downer cow school lunch program...

SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM FROM DOWNER CATTLE UPDATE

http://downercattle.blogspot.com/2009/05/who-will-watch-children.html



http://downercattle.blogspot.com/



Thursday, November 05, 2009

Incidence and spectrum of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease variants with mixed phenotype and co-occurrence of PrPSc types: an updated classification

http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2009/11/incidence-and-spectrum-of-sporadic.html



HUMAN and ANIMAL TSE Classifications i.e. mad cow disease and the UKBSEnvCJD only theory

http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/contentStreamer?objectId=090000648027c28e&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf



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Report on the monitoring and testing of ruminants for the presence of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) in the EU in 2008

Report on the monitoring and testing of ruminants for the presence of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) in the EU in 2008


1. SUMMARY In 2008, a total of 10 051 584 bovine, 465 276 ovine and 152 037 caprine animals were tested in the EU 27 in the framework of the TSE monitoring programmes. 125 bovine, 1 936 ovine and 1 214 caprine animals turned out positive. 1 557 871 risk bovine animals and 8 490 256 healthy animals slaughtered for human consumption were tested by rapid tests. 2 352 bovine animals were tested in the framework of passive surveillance (animals reported as official BSE suspects. In addition, 1 105 animals were tested in the framework of culling of animals with an epidemiological connection to a BSE case. 93 % of positive cases were detected by the active monitoring (testing of risk animals, healthy slaughtered and culled cattle) and 7 % were detected by passive surveillance. No BSE cases were found in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden. The number of BSE cases and the overall prevalence in tested animals decreased by respectively 29 % and 25 % in 2008 compared to 2007. 463 201 ovine animals were tested by active monitoring, while 2 075 were animals reported as official TSE suspects and therefore subjected to laboratory examination. In caprine animals, the numbers of tests in the respective groups were 150 566 (active monitoring) and 1 471 (TSE suspects). Some 743 and 63 TSE cases in respectively sheep and goats confirmed in 2008 were subjected to discriminatory testing. None of them have been confirmed to be BSE. In addition, in the framework of a survey for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids, as required in Commission Decision 2007/182/EC, 12 025 animals were tested between 2006 and 2008 hunting seasons. None of them turned out positive. All Member States submitted information on the TSE testing of bovine, ovine and caprine animals. In addition to the Member States, Norway also submitted information on their TSE testing programmes.


Further information: Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, Unit E2; fax: +32-2-296.90.62; e-mail: SANCO-TSEMONITORING@ ec.europa.eu



http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biosafety/tse_bse/docs/annual_report_tse2008_en.pdf



Sunday, April 12, 2009

BSE MAD COW TESTING USA 2009 FIGURES Month Number of Tests

Feb 2009 -- 1,891

Jan 2009 -- 4,620


http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/hot_issues/bse/surveillance/ongoing_surv_results.shtml



(good luck with the aphis bse testing results urls...TSS)

SEE FULL TEXT ;


http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2009/04/bse-mad-cow-testing-usa-2009-figures.html



Wednesday, August 19, 2009

CFIA Enhances Animal Disease Reporting



http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/disemala/rep/2009bseesbe.shtml



http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/disemala/rep/2009cwdmdce.shtml



http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/disemala/rep/2009scrtree.shtml




NICE JOB CANADA !

SEE FULL TEXT OF ALL THIS HERE ;

2009 UPDATE ON ALABAMA AND TEXAS MAD COWS 2005 and 2006


http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2006/08/bse-atypical-texas-and-alabama-update.html



Tuesday, July 14, 2009

U.S. Emergency Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Response Plan Summary and BSE Red Book Date: February 14, 2000 at 8:56 am PST

WHERE did we go wrong $$$


http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2009/07/us-emergency-bovine-spongiform.html



Sunday, December 28, 2008

MAD COW DISEASE USA DECEMBER 28, 2008 an 8 year review of a failed and flawed policy


http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2008/12/mad-cow-disease-usa-december-28-2008-8.html



Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Mad Cow Disease typical and atypical strains, was there a cover-up ? August 20, 2008


http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2008/08/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy-mad.html




Monday, May 11, 2009

Rare BSE mutation raises concerns over risks to public health


http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2009/05/rare-bse-mutation-raises-concerns-over.html




Monday, October 19, 2009

Atypical BSE, BSE, and other human and animal TSE in North America Update October 19, 2009


http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2009/10/atypical-bse-bse-and-other-human-and.html




Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 12:12 PM Subject: re-FOIA REQUEST ON FEED RECALL PRODUCT contaminated with prohibited material Recall # V-258-2009 and Recall # V-256-2009


http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/11/re-foia-request-on-feed-recall-product.html




Friday, September 4, 2009

FOIA REQUEST ON FEED RECALL PRODUCT 429,128 lbs. feed for ruminant animals may have been contaminated with prohibited material Recall # V-258-2009


http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/09/foia-request-on-feed-recall-product.html




Saturday, August 29, 2009

FOIA REQUEST FEED RECALL 2009 Product may have contained prohibited materials Bulk Whole Barley, Recall # V-256-2009


http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/foia-request-feed-recall-2009-product.html




Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Nor98 scrapie identified in the United States J Vet Diagn Invest 21:454-463 (2009)


http://nor-98.blogspot.com/2009/07/nor98-scrapie-identified-in-united.html




Saturday, May 2, 2009

APHIS AND WHO PLAN TO EXEMPT THE ATYPICAL SCRAPIE NOR-98 FROM REGULATIONS AT MEETING THIS MONTH


http://nor-98.blogspot.com/2009/05/aphis-and-who-plan-to-exempt-atypical.html




Monday, October 26, 2009

Similarities between Forms of Sheep Scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Are Encoded by Distinct Prion Types Published online before print October 22, 2009 This Article



http://nor-98.blogspot.com/2009/10/similarities-between-forms-of-sheep.html




Friday, May 29, 2009

Characterization of a U.S. Sheep Scrapie Isolate with Short Incubation Time


http://scrapie-usa.blogspot.com/2009/05/characterization-of-us-sheep-scrapie.html




SCRAPIE DETECTED IN ANOTHER GOAT USA UPDATE MARCH 2009


http://scrapie-usa.blogspot.com/2009/04/scrapie-detected-in-another-goat-usa.html



http://scrapie-usa.blogspot.com/





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