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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

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Can you eat human?

Yes, but there is the chance that you will contract the human equivalent of Mad Cow Disease.


How can you make farmers aware about mad cow disease?

We are aware of mad cow disease


Are there human equivalents of mad cow disease?

Yes, it's called Crueztfeldt-Jacobson Disease or CJD.


Can humans get mad cow disease?

People do not get Mad Cow Disease. No human can get mad cow disease but humans can be infected by eating meat from a contaminated cow that has mad cow disease. The disease in people that has been associated with humans is called variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD) that is also a progressive fatal neurological disease.


What is cow disease?

There is no such thing as "cow disease" unless you are referring to MAD cow disease, which is something else entirely.


How likely is it to get mad cow disease?

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, a form of "mad cow" in humans, is mostly a genetic defect in humans. However you can "catch" it if you eat meat that is contaminated from exposure to brain tissues or spinal fluid infected with BSE prions, or from eating the brains or spinal column of an animal with the misfolded prion. But even that is very rare, and the chance of getting CJD is 1 in one million.


Where did mad cow disease get its name?

Mad cow disease is an incurable, fatal brain disease that affects cattle and possibly some other animals, such as goats and sheep. The medical name for mad cow disease is bovine spongiform encephalopathy (pronounced: bo-vine spun-jih-form en-seh-fah-la-puh-thee), or BSE for short. It's called mad cow disease because it affects a cow's nervous system, causing a cow to act strangely and lose control of its ability to do normal things, such as walk


Is mad cow disease treatable?

No.


Can a Bull get Mad Cow Disease?

no


How cow mad diseases is treated?

Mad cow disease cannot be treated. The only solution is eradication to prevent the spread of the disease.


What happens to cows that have mad cow disease?

they go mad


What is mad cow in latin?

Mad Cow Disease is a layman's term for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.