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The main spread of mad cow disease actually came from a sheep. Some bits of sheep meat was used in cow feed until the 2000`s. Sadly, part of the sheep`s brain was in the meat and in their brain tissue was scrapie. A disease were an efected prion(pronounced pree-on) a diseased protein particle eats part of a sheep`s brain, therefore cattle got the disease. When cattle was shipped to other countries just like the black plague, it spread, but luckily it was only a huge risk temporarily.
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How cow mad diseases is treated?
Mad cow disease cannot be treated. The only solution is eradication to prevent the spread of the disease.
How can you make farmers aware about mad cow disease?
We are aware of mad cow disease
Evidence that prions were responsible for mad cow disease?
At one time, cattle were fed the unwanted parts of ground up sheep. Some of those cows became infected with mad cow disease. Mad cow disease spread to humans. Cattle were also fed parts of ground up cow parts, cows eating ground up cattle were infected with that disease. The breakthrough came in New Guinea. There, women and children would eat the brains of dead people. Men would not. Women and children would catch a disease similar to mad cow disease. Men would not. That made it obvious that the disease came from something common to women and children and not to men. Since they behaved the same as nearby groups except for eating the brains of dead people, that had to be the difference. The only difference in the brains of the dead people with mad cow disease and those without mad cow disease was the prions. This was then tested in England where mad cow disease was common. The only difference between cows with mad cow disease and those without mad cow disease were the same prions. The people with mad cow disease had the same prions in their brains.
What is cow disease?
There is no such thing as "cow disease" unless you are referring to MAD cow disease, which is something else entirely.
Is mad cow disease treatable?
No.
Can a Bull get Mad Cow Disease?
no
What happens to cows that have mad cow disease?
they go mad
What is mad cow in latin?
Mad Cow Disease is a layman's term for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.
How do cows get 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.
What disease did Emily Dickinson have?
She had Bright's disease and Mad Cow disease.
Can you catch mad cow disease from person to person?
Yes, that is precisely how you contract mad cow.
What is sad cow disease?
It's not sad cow disease, it's MAD cow disease. Its a brain disease that can cause irrational behavior in cows.
