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Common Soil Mineral Degrades The Nearly Indestructible Prion

In the rogues' gallery of microscopic infectious agents, the prion is the toughest hombre in town. Warped pathogens that lack both DNA and RNA, prions are believed to cause such fatal brain ailments as chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and moose, mad cow disease in cattle, scrapie in sheep and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. In addition to being perhaps the weirdest infectious agent know to science, the prion is also the most durable.
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01/16/2009 | Environment - CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease | Trackback | Comments Off

FDA November 2008 Update On Feed Enforcement Activities To Limit The Spread Of BSE

To help prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalophathy (BSE) through feed in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implemented a final rule that prohibits the use of most mammalian protein in feeds for ruminant animals. This rule, Title 21 Part 589.2000 of the Code of Federal Regulations, here called the Ruminant Feed Ban, became effective on August 4, 1997.
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11/30/2008 | Environment - CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease | Trackback | Comments Off

Mad Cow Disease Also Caused By Genetic Mutation Research Shows

New findings about the causes of mad cow disease show that sometimes it may be genetic. "We now know it's also in the genes of cattle," said Juergen A. Richt, Regents Distinguished Professor of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology at Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Until several years ago, Richt said, it was thought that the cattle prion disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy -- also called BSE or mad cow disease -- was a foodborne disease.
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09/12/2008 | Environment - CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease | Trackback | Comments Off

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