BSE is not a bacteria, virus nor parasite. Studies have assumed that BSE originated from a cow or other ruminant got the disease from a genetic mutation. The exact location, classification and origin of this disease is not well known among the scientific community, as many disagreements and controversies have arised from studies of this fatal condition.
The infectious portion of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, the scientific name for mad cow disease) is not a living entity - it is a misfolded infectious protein. Therefore, it is not classified in the taxonomy of living creatures and has no Kingdom or Phylum.
We are aware of mad cow disease
There is no such thing as "cow disease" unless you are referring to MAD cow disease, which is something else entirely.
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Mad cow disease cannot be treated. The only solution is eradication to prevent the spread of the disease.
they go mad
Mad Cow Disease is a layman's term for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.
She had Bright's disease and Mad Cow disease.
Mad cow disease happens when the proteins in the brain of cow become misfolded. This is called prion. In simple words all proteins have to be folded before they can function and when some proteins in the brain become misfolded, such a state is called prions (misfolding of proteins) and it results in mad cow disease.
It's not sad cow disease, it's MAD cow disease. Its a brain disease that can cause irrational behavior in cows.
Yes, that is precisely how you contract mad cow.