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MAD COW DISEASE Anna Hoffmann. What is it?  Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a transmissible, slowly progressive fatal.

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1 MAD COW DISEASE Anna Hoffmann

2 What is it?  Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a transmissible, slowly progressive fatal disease affecting the central nervous system of adult cattle. It also causes spongy degeneration of the brain. https://www.google.com/search?q=mad+cow+disease&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=667&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=OPxZVc zfNYfToASyl4GgCQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=mad+cow+disease+prion&revid=1982353247

3 Cow Statistics  In the United Kingdom, the country worst affected, more than 180,000 cattle have been infected and 4.4 million slaughtered during the eradication program.  Cows with this disease are unable to stand

4 Can Humans get this?  The disease may be most easily transmitted to human beings by eating food contaminated with the brain, spinal cord or digestive tract of infected carcasses.

5 Human Statistics  by June 2014 it had killed 177 people in the United Kingdom, and 52 elsewhere.

6 Sources  http://www.webmd.com/brain/mad-cow-disease-basics#1 http://www.webmd.com/brain/mad-cow-disease-basics#1  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalop athy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalop athy  https://www.google.com/search?q=mad+cow+disease&espv=2&biw=1366&bih= 667&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=OPxZVczfNYfToASyl4GgCQ&ved=0CAY Q_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=mad+cow+disease+prion&revid=1982353247 https://www.google.com/search?q=mad+cow+disease&espv=2&biw=1366&bih= 667&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=OPxZVczfNYfToASyl4GgCQ&ved=0CAY Q_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=mad+cow+disease+prion&revid=1982353247  https://www.google.com/search?q=beef&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=667&tbm=isc h&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=h2FbVZPPC5KqogTj8oDgCw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg#tbm =isch&q=beef+cow+parts&revid=2047421777&imgrc=k0Nq362t90uieM%253A %3BElbIIb-XrdXJNM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.stubbsbbq.com%252Fwp- content%252Fuploads%252F2012%252F06%252Fcow- diagram2.png%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.stubbsbbq.com%252Fcow-cuts- 101%252F%3B799%3B560

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