Mad Cow's Disease And Mad Man

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Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) that affects a sheep's nervous system. Scrapie's main target organ is the brain but may infect other tissues such as the spinal cord, the lymphatic system, the intestines and eyes. What does sheep have to do with not being able to eat a steak you ask? In 1986, British scientist discovered Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), better known as Mad Cow's Disease which is a mutated version of Scrapie. Since its' discovery in 1986 more than 160,000 British cattle have been diagnosed and millions more have been slaughtered for fear that they had the disease. Scientist's believe that the disease may have mutated from scrapie and caused this epidemic as a result of a protein supplement that was fed to the cattle. This supplement included rendered tissue from sheep, cattle and other livestock, and because of a poor manufacturing process the contaminant was not destroyed therefore passing it's deadly touch. In 1988, Britain banned the use of ...

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