Spongiform Encephalopathy) or 'mad cow' disease. BSE-infected cows suffer from severe nerve damage which produces glazed eyes,licking of the lips,and uncontrolled tremor. The disease appeared around 1985 in Britain. It is believed to have arisen from a similar disease,scrapie,in sheep and goats,and transmitted by feeding cattle with infected sheep carcasses. The agent responsible for BSE is a virus- like organism known as a prion. There is concern that beef and cattle-related products eaten by people may cause the related Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans | |
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