Mad Cow Disease Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy explains mad cow disease, what it is, how it is passed from cows to humans, and possible treatment options.
Table of Contents
Foreword
David Heymann, World Health Organization 6
1. Mad Cow Disease: The Beginning 8
2. vCJD: The Human BSE 18
3. Spongiform Encephalopathies
in Humans 28
4. Scrapie and Other Spongiform
Encephalopathies in Animals 40
5. Spongiform Encephalopathies
Are Transmissible 52
6. From Slow Virus to Prions 60
7. More on Prions 78
8. Mad Cow Disease Revisited 92
Glossary 104
Notes 107
Bibliography 111
Further Reading 115
Websites 116
Index 118
