The transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (BSE, CWD, kuru, etc.) are not viruses - they are infectious mis-folded proteins called prions.
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy: Scrapie in sheep and Mad Cow disease (or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)
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Yes.
Spongiform encephalopathies are thought to be caused by abnormal prion proteins that trigger a cascade of events leading to neuronal death, resulting in sponge-like holes in the brain tissue. These diseases include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease).
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cows.
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy: Scrapie in sheep and Mad Cow disease (or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), cows can get TB and sheep can get foot and mouth
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, occurs only at a molecular level in one species, as any other communicable disease does. It is also known as Mad Cow Disease.
In a matter of speaking, yes. Mis-folded proteins are what cause "Mad Cow Disease," also known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in cattle or Creuztfeldt-Jakobson's Disease in humans.
Feline spongiform encephalopathy a disease caused by prions in cats.
Mad cow disease
Cows.