|
Written by Madi Powell
|
|
Thursday, 13 May 2010 19:00 |
|
Mad cow disease is the fatal disease that slowly destroys the brain and spinal cord in cattle. The US was not affected badly by this disease, the UK was severely affected. Symptoms include an excitable or nervous temperament to external stimuli such as touch to the skin, a progressive unsteadiness of gait resulting eventually in the inability to stand up. The disease is virtually 100% fatal and causes memory loss, emotional instability, emotional outbursts, an unsteady gait, marked weakness, rapidly progressive dementia and death, often within a year of the other symptoms. Mad cow disease was started about 30 years ago, caused from raising animals in very close penned areas and feeding them hormones to make them fatter, faster. Mad cow disease is also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). This disease cause the brain to look like a sponge. The disease is also transferred through milk and milk products.
|
Special Projects 
