Where's the Beef
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (B.S.E.), better known as Mad Cow Disease, is a fairly new disease. The disease first reared its ugly head in the mid 1980's in the British Isles (Wildeman). B.S.E. quickly became an epidemic in Britain. Scientists then believed and stressed to the public that the disease could not be spread to humans because of the species gap (Aiken). Was this fact or wishful thinking? Come to find out, many dead humans later, the statement was false. Mad cow disease is a deadly disease and, of the most industrialized nations in the world, the United States has the least stringent regulations on the prevention of B.S.E.
Spongiform encephalophalopathy is found in many species including sheep, humans, deer and cats (P.E.T.A.). It is thought that cows first received the disease from sheep (Aiken). The sheep version of spongiform encephalophalopathy, Scrapie, was first discovered in the 1700's (Aiken). Researchers believe that farmers and......
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