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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.


What is the harmful effect of cow on humans and diseases spread by them?

Under most circumstances, cows are not a danger to humans. However, eating contaminated beef can result in the spread of the deadly E. Coli Virus and Mad Cow Disease.


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 cow disease?

There is no such thing as "cow disease" unless you are referring to MAD cow disease, which is something else entirely.


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 marijuana help cure some mad cow disease?

No, vCJD (the medical acronym for the disease in humans) is a progressive chronic fatal disease with no known cure.


What is the incubation period for mad cow disease in humans?

Mad Cow disease in humans is known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). The incubation of mad cow (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) in bovines is anywhere from 30 months to eight years. The incubation period for vCJD in humans is unknown as of now, but experts speculate that the incubation period could be anywhere from 8 months to 50 years.


Is mad cow disease treatable?

No.