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slowly progressive, degenerative, and fatal disease affecting the central nervous system of adult cattle. abnormal version of a protein normally found on cell surfaces, called a prion. For reasons still unknown, this protein becomes altered and destroys nervous system tissue -- the brain and spinal cord.
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No because unlike in other diseases there aren’t any bacteria. Instead of bacteria there are prions. A prion is a small infectious particle composed of abnormally folded protein it causes neurodegenerative conditions.
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No humans cannot get Mad Cow disease. However there is another disease transmitted by Mad Cows called Creutzfeld Jakob disease. Yes, this disease is deadly, within 13 months a human being is usually dead. However this is always fatal for cattle.
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This disease was first discovered around1986 in Great Britain and the first occurrence of a infection was in the 1970s. This disease is far less common then in 1992. Rate declined by 99% worldwide
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Between the two diseases there is no real difference except for the fact that vCJD is transmitted by Cow’s with BSE. As well as that this disease is basically the same as BSE just for humans
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There are currently no treatments for prion diseases. The disease is usually fatal The best way to prevent the disease is to avoid feeding cattle rendered material from slaughtered animals, and to isolate and destroy all infected animals.
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feeding cattle meat-and-bone meal that contained BSE-infected products
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Information from: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/25/10 -facts-about-mad-cow-disease.html, http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/ mad_cow_disease.html, http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/10/t reatments-for-mad-cow-other-prion-diseases-may-be- coming/246421/, http://www.medicinenet.com/mad_cow_disease/arti cle.htm, http://chealth.canoe.ca/condition_info_details.asp?c hannel_id=0&disease_id=24&page_no=2#Treatment http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/25/10 -facts-about-mad-cow-disease.html http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/ mad_cow_disease.html http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/10/t reatments-for-mad-cow-other-prion-diseases-may-be- coming/246421/ http://www.medicinenet.com/mad_cow_disease/arti cle.htm
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