MCD+Overview

 MCD - Overview Definition: - Fatal - Brain and Nerve System damage - Disease that affects cattles - Incurable - Humans get Mad Cow Disease by eating the cows that are infected

Symptoms for the Cows: - Attack people - Stagger as they walk - Kick their owners - Eat other cows - Turn agressive!!!

Medical Name: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) (only for cows)

Mad Cow Disease is a part of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy(TSE) (TSE - a group of disease that affects the brain and nervous system for animals and humans)

Medical Name for humans that have Mad Cow Disease: Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)

**Baltimore VA ‘Mad Cow Disease’ Expert Develops Process to Remove Infection From Blood**
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