How to Avoid Mad Cow Disease
2/11/2014 8:00:00 PM

Mad cow disease, also known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BCE), is a prion disease. Prions cause rare progressive neurodegenerative disorders that affect both humans and animals. They are distinguished by long incubation periods, characteristic spongiform changes associated with neuronal loss, and a failure to induce inflammatory response . In humans, prion diseases impair brain function and memory. This includes personality changes, a decline in intellectual function (dementia), and neurological problems that worsen over time. In the U.S., human infections are rare, resulting in infection of approximately one in one million people. Once infected, there is no cure and death may occur within months of disease onset.

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