Mad Cow Disease

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) , Is also known as mad cow disease. This disease started when Peter Stent noticed one of his cows shedding weight, losing its balance and acting skittish. Thinking nothing of it, he slaughtered the cow and used it as feed for the other cows not knowing it was infected with prions which cause Mad Cow disease. Prions are normal protein which are folded into abnormal shapes causing many diseases. Because of Peter …

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