BBC1 年
The Cows are Mad: Ten things we learned about Mad Cow Disease
They still didn’t know how the disease had started but the Feed Ban did halt the spread of Mad Cow Disease, proving one thing: cow cannibalism had spread the madness. 4. It took a decade for the ...
Purdue University7 年
Mad cow disease in the United States
Although no cases of mad cow disease have been found in humans or livestock in the United States, according to a Purdue expert, recent news articles have suggested that individuals have died from the ...
Gizmodo on MSN10 个月
What Ever Happened to Mad Cow?
O ne of the most existentially frightening illnesses ever to be discovered was mad cow disease, a fatal prion-spread illness ...
BBC5 年
Cases of vCJD still to emerge after mad cow disease scandal
Scientists say more cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) are still to emerge more than three decades after the "mad cow disease" scandal. Richard Knight, a senior neurologist based in ...
PBS7 年
When Science Faces the Unknown
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (B.S.E.), nicknamed "Mad Cow Disease" was as unanticipated ... towards a better understanding of the natural world. Happily, that is sometimes the case, but ...