BBC1 年
The Cows are Mad: Ten things we learned about Mad Cow Disease
When the government veterinary scientists ran tests on a cow head Colin sent them, they confirmed his fears: the sickness was a new addition to a family of fatal transmissible brain diseases.
Nature10 个月
More than just mad cow disease
It is now clear that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as 'mad cow disease', is not merely a UK phenomenon, nor is it merely an economic nuisance. In fact, it may be an impending ...
BBC6 个月
'Mad cow disease' case found on farm in Scotland
A case of BSE, commonly known as mad cow disease, has been identified on a farm in Ayrshire. The Scottish government said precautionary movement restrictions had been put in place at the farm and ...
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 ...
BBC1 年
The Cows Are Mad
In the 1990s Britain was hit by an epidemic of a fatal neurological disease in cows that also killed 178 humans. Science was split between government assurances of safety and dissidents warning of ...
Science Daily12 个月
Mad Cow Disease News
Nov. 17, 2022 — The brains of people with Down syndrome develop the same neurodegenerative tangles and plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease and frequently demonstrate signs of the ...
BBC6 年
Aberdeenshire 'mad cow disease' farmer speaks of devastation
Movement restrictions at Boghead Farm in Lumsden were introduced after so-called mad cow disease was found in one cow. Speaking through NFU Scotland, Thomas Jackson said: "This has been a very ...
MercoPress15 年
Papua New Guinea cannibal tribe could hold clue to “mad cow disease”
Darwinian natural selection could help halt human “mad cow disease”, experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder. The Papua New Guinea tribe developed strong ...
The Mirror6 年
Mad Cow Disease
Special Forces hero who led secret mission to blow up Saddam Hussein's communications network dies from 'human Mad Cow Disease' ...
PBS7 年
When Science Faces the Unknown
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (B.S.E.), nicknamed "Mad Cow Disease" was as unanticipated as AIDS, and is arguably as insidious. It arose from centuries of relative obscurity in sheep to sweep ...
Sky1 年
Mad Cow Disease: The Great British Beef Scandal
An examination of one of the biggest scandals in the history of British education. We’re sorry, the information you’re looking for isn’t available right now. We ...
National Post6 年
Mad Cow Disease | National Post
People who lived or travelled in the United Kingdom or France for long periods of time in the 1980s and 1990s have not been allowed to donate blood in case they were exposed 365 Bloor Street East ...