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BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the scientific name for mad cow disease) is untreatable. It is caused by a normal protein in the cow's brain that mis-folds and cannot be broken down. This protein, which is called a prion when it is misfolded, then causes other copies of the same protein to refold into the wrong configuration. Because it is a basically indestructable misfolded protein, there is no treatment for the live animal and the only two ways known to destroy the protein after the animal has been euthanized is to completely incinerate the carcass or put the carcass through an alkaline hydrolysis machine.
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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 mad cow disease be treated in animals?
It can't. Only a bullet can "treat" Mad cow in animals.
Is Mad Cow Disease deadly to humans?
Yes.
Can humans get mad cow disease?
People do not get Mad Cow Disease. No human can get mad cow disease but humans can be infected by eating meat from a contaminated cow that has mad cow disease. The disease in people that has been associated with humans is called variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD) that is also a progressive fatal neurological disease.
How can mad cow disease be treated or cured?
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, the scientific name for mad cow disease) cannot be treated or cured - it is progressive and 100% fatal in all cattle that contract it.
What happen if Mad Cow doesn't get treated?
Unfortunately, the same thing that happens if someone tries to treat the disease - the cow develops a progressive neurologic disease that eventually kills the cow.
Which season do people usually start getting mad cow disease?
Mad Cow is not a virus or bacterial infection like a cold or flu is that comes about as a seasonal thing. It is caused by a prion, and the chances that humans will contract Mad Cow is extremely low; there is no season that people can "start getting" Mad Cow disease.
How can you make farmers aware about mad cow disease?
We are aware of mad cow disease
Do proteins cause mad cow disease?
In a matter of speaking, yes. Mis-folded proteins are what cause "Mad Cow Disease," also known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in cattle or Creuztfeldt-Jakobson's Disease in humans.
What is the relationship between Mad Cow Disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome?
mad cow disease is when cows get it. when the disease is passed on 2 humans, it's called the Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. so technically its the same thing, just in different species
What medical research is being done to treat mad cow disease?
None as far as I'm aware, as CJD or Mad Cow Disease is very difficult to catch, let alone treat in either humans or animals.
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).
