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Is spongiform encephalopathy a virus?
The transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (BSE, CWD, kuru, etc.) are not viruses - they are infectious mis-folded proteins called prions.
A serious disease of sheep and cattle?
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy: Scrapie in sheep and Mad Cow disease (or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)
What has the author Sarah A Lister written?
Sarah A. Lister has written: 'Bovine spongiform encephalopathy - BSE, or \\' -- subject- s -: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Prevention
Can bovine spongiform encephalopathy survive cooking temperatures?
Yes.
What Spongiform encephalopathies are thought to be caused by?
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).
What is another name for BSE?
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cows.
What is a disease of cattle or sheep?
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
How does bovine spongiform encephalopathy occur at a molecular level?
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.
Do proteins cause 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.
What British animals were driven mad by a disease called bovine spongiform encephalopathy?
Cows.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy called by the british press in 1996?
Mad cow disease
What is the full form of FSE?
Feline spongiform encephalopathy a disease caused by prions in cats.
