Risk of escape of prions in gaseous emissions from on-farm digestion vessels

The risk question was phrased as follows: 'Given the use of one vessel on a sheep farm infected with, for example, scrapie, in your opinion, what is the overall probability of sufficient TSE agent being released via the gaseous route over one year to infect another animal?' After the exper...

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Published in:Veterinary record 2010-07, Vol.167 (1), p.28-29
Main Authors: Adkin, A., Matthews, D., Hope, J., Maddison, B. C., Somerville, R. A., Pedersen, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
aerobic digesters
agricultural machinery and equipment
Agriculture
Air Pollutants
air pollution
anaerobic digesters
Animals
bioreactors
Delphi Technique
disease transmission
Emissions
Environmental Exposure
Experts
gas emissions
Gases
pollutants
prion diseases
Prion Diseases - transmission
Prion Diseases - veterinary
Prions
Prions - pathogenicity
Qualitative Research
Refuse Disposal - methods
Risk Assessment
Scrapie - transmission
Sheep
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Summary:The risk question was phrased as follows: 'Given the use of one vessel on a sheep farm infected with, for example, scrapie, in your opinion, what is the overall probability of sufficient TSE agent being released via the gaseous route over one year to infect another animal?' After the experts submitted their initial opinion, they were provided with the combined results of the group and invited to amend their individual opinions. [...]the disposal of sludge was considered to represent the greatest risk of spreading infectivity to other premises.
ISSN:0042-4900
2042-7670
DOI:10.1136/vr.c3158