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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and the human variant are likely caused by?
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How does the virus of mad cow get its energy?
Mad Cow Disease or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy is NOT caused by a virus, it is a PRION, which is a mis-folded protein.
What is a disease in cattle associated with prions?
One disease of cattle caused by a prion is BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) aka Mad Cow Disease
Was mad cows disease caused by fungus?
NO. Mad cow disease (more properly called Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) is caused by a prion which is a mis-folded protein, not a fungus.
What is a disease that has a second letter O?
Gonorrhea is one, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy is another. Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacteria, whilst BSE is a neurological diseased, thought to be caused by Prions.
What is the full form of FSE?
Feline spongiform encephalopathy a disease caused by prions in cats.
What disease is the same as Mad Cow disease?
No, BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the scientific name for mad cow disease) is generally thought to be caused by a prion, a misfolded protein. There are some theories that BSE could be caused by a virino, a very small virus, but this is not the currently accepted research.
Is mad cow disease rna or DNA?
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, the scientific name for mad cow disease) is caused by a prion, a normal protein that is mis-folded and cannot be broken down by the body.
What is a full form of BSE?
The full form of BSE is Bombay Stock Exchange Or (and sadly more common) Bovine spongiform encephalopathy better known as "Mad Cow Disease" a degenerative nurological condition caused by prions.
How common is it to contact mad cow disease?
Extremely rare. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, the scientific name for mad cow disease) is caused by an infectious misfolded protein called a prion. This prion has been all but eradicated from the world and human cases of variant Creutzfeld-Jacobs Disease (vCJD, the name of the disease in humans caused by the BSE prion) have fallen to almost none.
What is the relationship between mad cow disease and creutzfeldt-jacob syndrome?
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, the scientific name for mad cow disease) is the name of a progressive neurologic disease caused by an infectious prion in cattle. When humans become infected by this prion, the syndrome observed in humans is called variant Creutzfeldt-Jacobs Disease (vCJD).
Can you catch mad cow disease from person to person?
Yes, that is precisely how you contract mad cow.
What treatments have been used in the past for mad cow disease?
To the best of my knowledge, no one has tried to treat bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, the scientific name for mad cow disease). This is because the disease is caused by a prion, a misfolded protein, and there are no medications that can reverse the misfolding.
