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The review describes the European Commission’s report concerning the evaluation of tests used for diagnosis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in bovines. Four kits already available on the market or in the final stage of being released onto market were tested. The following parameters were examined: specificity, sensitivity and the ability to detect small quantities of PrP as well as reproducibility of the results. Three kits were 100% sensitive and specific, while only one of them detected the smallest quantity of PrP. All the tests are for post-mortem diagnosis of BSE.