France will increase investment in research on mad cow disease (12.5)

The French government recently announced that the government's funding for research on BSE will be doubled next year on the basis of this year, in order to strengthen the research on the pathogenesis and detection methods of BSE According to the French Ministry of scientific research, the funding for BSE research in France will increase from 70 million francs this year to 210 million francs next year In the new appropriation, 71 million francs will be used to build an experimental cattle farm, 35 million francs will be used to study the detection reagents of BSE and human new Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, 30 million francs will be used to study the spread and treatment of BSE, and 4 million francs will be used to study the treatment methods of animal bone meal In addition, in order to coordinate the research work of BSE in various institutions nationwide, the Ministry of scientific research of France plans to establish a scientific coordination group The team will work with the National Committee of experts on BSE research to guide and promote the smooth progress of BSE research in France French research minister Schwarzenberg said that since the establishment of the Expert Committee on BSE research in France in 1996, the government's funding for related research has been increasing year by year However, the research power of BSE in France is still insufficient At present, only about 240 people in France are engaged in the research of mad cow disease, sheep mad itch disease and new type of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, and some of them are part-time researchers In fact, there are only 100 full-time researchers To this end, the national public research institute plans to recruit 100 new researchers, including 25 postdoctors, next year to specialize in mad cow disease research In addition, in 2002 and 2003, these institutions will continue their efforts to expand the ranks of researchers China feed industry information network whx (author:)