Mad Cow Disease
Mad cow disease, a progressive neurological disease that affects cattle, belongs to a family of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. The human disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), belongs to the same family of diseases and is thought to be caused by eating the neural tissue of BSE-infected cattle (such tissue includes brain, spinal cord, and distal ileum).
Mad Cow Disease Prompts Widening of Beef Recall
On December 23, the US Department of Agreculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that the Verns Moses Lake Meats of Washington State voluntarily recalled over 10,000 pounds of raw beef. The recalled beef may have been exposed to the infectious agent that causes bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also know as mad cow disease.
On December 23, the US Department of Agreculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that the Verns Moses Lake Meats of Washington State voluntarily recalled over 10,000 pounds of raw beef. The recalled beef may have been exposed to the infectious agent that causes bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also know as mad cow disease.
US Beef Industry Holds its Breath
The American beef industry faces possibly devastating consequences from the recent discovery of the first case of mad cow disease in the US.
The American beef industry faces possibly devastating consequences from the recent discovery of the first case of mad cow disease in the US.
US Expands 'Mad Cow' Beef Recall
The recall of potentially hazardous beef has been expanded to include not only Oregon, California, Nevada and Washington but also Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Idaho and the territory of Guam.
The recall of potentially hazardous beef has been expanded to include not only Oregon, California, Nevada and Washington but also Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Idaho and the territory of Guam.
Out of Place Prions Trash Cells
A faulty waste-disposal system is suspected to be the cause of various neurodegenerative diseases such as scrapie, mad cow disease (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Find out more in this article from Nature Science Update.
A faulty waste-disposal system is suspected to be the cause of various neurodegenerative diseases such as scrapie, mad cow disease (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Find out more in this article from Nature Science Update.
Gene Tweak Halts Mad Cow Disease
Recent research suggests that protein clumps, once thought to be the cause of mad cow disease, may in facct be only a symptom of it. Consequently, research continues to pinpoint the true cause of the diseease.
Recent research suggests that protein clumps, once thought to be the cause of mad cow disease, may in facct be only a symptom of it. Consequently, research continues to pinpoint the true cause of the diseease.
Blood Transfusion Linked to Mad Cow Disease Death
The British Department of Health and the National Blood Service has contacted patients who received blood from donors who died of vCJD in response to growing concerns that the human varient of the diesase may be passed on via blood transfusions.
The British Department of Health and the National Blood Service has contacted patients who received blood from donors who died of vCJD in response to growing concerns that the human varient of the diesase may be passed on via blood transfusions.
New Rules to Stop Spread of BSE
US Agriculture authorities have set up new rules that are aimed at preventing spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
US Agriculture authorities have set up new rules that are aimed at preventing spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).