Mad Cow Disease

Mad Cow Disease There are two new diseases in a growing line to plague humankind. Bovine Spongiform Encenphalopathy and its human form, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, better known as mad cow disease, are new kinds of diseases that appear to be unstoppable. Mad Cow disease is caused by a mutated chain of proteins in a strand of DNA. Because it is neither a virus nor a bacterium, the protein chain has been named a prion. What happens …

…of funds that fuel the European economy. Not only could the E.U. have saved its economy but also the lives of those infected with CJD. Last week here in America, the USDA destroyed 40,000 head of cattle suspected of coming in contact with BSE. As an American, I hope we do not react the same way Europe did. We need to take swift critical action to stop the infection of U.S. cattle with BSE.