Mad Cow Disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)

Mad Cow Disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)
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Publisher : Nova Science Pub Incorporated
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 1604563249
ISBN-13 : 9781604563245
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Book Synopsis Mad Cow Disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) by : Geoffrey S. Becker

Download or read book Mad Cow Disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) written by Geoffrey S. Becker and published by Nova Science Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents important analyses of current issues in BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy or "mad cow disease") as a fatal neurological disease of cattle, believed to be transmitted mainly by feeding infected cattle parts back to cattle. More than 187,000 cases have been reported world-wide, 183,000 of them in the United Kingdom (UK) where BSE was first identified in 1986. The annual number of new cases has declined steeply since 1992. Humans who eat contaminated beef are believed susceptible to a rare but fatal brain wasting disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD). About 160 people have been diagnosed with vCJD since 1986, most in the UK and none linked to any Canadian or U.S. meat consumption.


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