Bovine Uniform Encephalopathy Research Paper

In the book Going Bovine by Libba Bray, the protagonist Cameron Smith begins on an adventure that changes his life for the better. Throughout the story the protagonist portrays three distinct character traits: jealousy, insecurity, and bravery. As characters who go through difficult situations often question their existence, Cameron begins to do the same.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: It happens when a prion protein misfolds itself, thus causing a “domino effect” which unfolds itself causing a malfunction.

Mad cow disease is to serious and deadly that it is not worth the risk of eating beef from a feedlot. Michael Pollan stated, "Mad cow is a brain disease that is always fatal. It is spread by eating the brains of infected animals" (56). Clearly mad cow disease will kill anyone that gets infected so it is not worth the risk to eat CAFO beef. In addition, "Ground-up cattle brains were put into cattle feed and some of those cows got mad cow disease. Human beings who ate infected beef also got the disease..." (Pollan and Chevat 56). This shows how completely unnatural CAFOs are and why people should not eat or buy CAFO meat. It also illustrates just how dangerous mad cow disease is; that people should be cautious by boycotting CAFO beef. However, an author for the Los Angeles Times, Paul Roberts said, “there has never been a confirmed case of mad cow disease connected with anyone eating U.S. beef" (Rodgers). Evidently getting mad cow disease in the U.S. is unlikely. Pollan retaliated by saying "Then people in England began dying of a sickness called mad cow disease" (55-56). This shows that although people have not eaten infected beef in the U.S. they have in other places. Therefore if people want to stay safe then they should not eat the beef produced in CAFOs so that they do not get mad cow

Encephalitis is a neurological disorder that results in the inflammation of the brain and sometimes the meninges. It is usually due to a viral infection. Most often arboviruses cause encephalitis, by transference via mosquitos to humans and animals. When bitten by an infected mosquito the virus moves from the mosquito into the person’s blood, it then reaches the brain and spinal cord, it multiplies within the central nervous system thus inflaming and damaging nerve cells, this interferes with signals from the brain to the rest of the body. The herpes simplex virus type one can commonly cause encephalitis. HIV has also been noted as an increasing cause of encephalitis. Viral infections like: mumps, chicken pox and measles can also cause encephalitis, but rarely.

     Mad Cow Disease, scientifically referred to as (BSE) Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, is a disease that affects those humans who eat the meat from infected cows. Mad Cow Disease is one of several fatal brain diseases called (TSE) Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy. (USDA) There was evidence of a new illness resembling the sheep disease scrapie. It was technically named BSE but quickly acquired the mad cow tag because of the way infected cattle behave. (CNN) In 1997, there was an award given to Stanley Prusiner, for concluding that a distorted protein called a prion was responsible for Mad Cow Disease, noted the long incubation period made it difficult to distinguish (Bryant).

At Southeast Veterinary Neurology, we utilize a wide array of diagnostic tools, devices and procedures to determine exactly what ails your pet, so our veterinary neurologist can apply the appropriate remedy to make them healthy again. Electrodiagnostic studies are one of these tools, and they can give us important insights into the functioning of your pet's electrical activity and how this can tell us what's wrong with them.

The effects of mad-cow disease on cattle are very obvious. This disease is not one in which you see a cow grazing and it looks perfectly fine, but a disease in which the cow looks as if it has no control over its own body and mindlessly wanders around. That is because having no control over its own body is exactly what happens.

Encephalitis literally means an inflammation of the brain, but it usually refers to brain inflammation caused by a virus. It may also be called “acute viral encephalitis or aseptic encephalitis';. Encephalitis is an infectious disease of the Central Nervous System characterized by pathologic changes in both the gray and white matter of the spinal cord and brain. It may be due to specific disease entity such as rabies or an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus), or it may occur as a sequela of influenza, measles, German measles, chicken pox, herpes virus infection, small pox, vaccinia, or other diseases. The specific viruses involved may vary. Exposure can also occur through insect bites, food or drink, or skin

What is Mad Cow Disease? Mad Cow Disease "is a normally extremely rare neurological disorder that affects the central nervous system of an animal and a human. The disease infested brain of the animal or human is slowly, progressively, and severely damaged. It has been categorized as a disease, which falls into the category of a disease known as Spongiform Encephalopathy. Having Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy is an over-dramatized way of specifying that one has diseased brain tissue which is; spongy, porous, and no

Mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a transmissible, slowly progressive, degenerative, and fatal disease which affects the central nervous system of adult cattle. Many researchers believe that an abnormal version of a protein normally found on cell surfaces, called a prion is the main reason to cause mad cow disease. For some still unknown reasons, this protein becomes modified and ruins the nervous system tissue, the brain and the spinal cord.

Mad Cow Disease Bovine spongiform encephalophathy ( BSE), which is mainly known as mad cow disease has infected the society and has put the lives of individuals at risk. This was very frightening to the people that ate meat during that time. The terrified people would not even want to eat hamburgers at MacDonald, steak at restaurant and much more. What also alarmed the people was the fact that there was a possibility of getting the human form of mad cow disease. This was called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) which is through tainted blood, but this was only a theory which

The most common type of encephalitis is Japanese encephalitis. “Other viral forms of encephalitis, such as St. Louis encephalitis and La Crosse encephalitis, cause sporadic disease in some areas of the United States. Strains of Venezuelan, Western, and Eastern equine encephalitis virus can also cause disease in humans.” (“Encephalitis, ”Encyclopedia Britannica Mobile). This shows that Encephalitis is all over the world. There can be other types of viral encephalitises also. “Encephalitis may occur as a result of an infection from sporozoa called Toxoplasma, which are parasitic in animals, birds, and human beings. It can also be due to infection with protozoa belonging to the genus Trypanosoma, transmitted by the tsetse fly. In addition, forms of apparently noninfectious encephalitis occur occasionally as a complication in cases of poisoning from contact with heavy metals, particularly Lead.” (“Encephalitis.” World Book, Inc). This shows that encephalitis can be caused by more then bacteria and infections. With server all types of encephalitis comes several

It has been considered to be one of the most mysterious diseases scientists are fighting so far. With no effective treatment or research on the disease, it has a 100% fatality rate, however fortunately for us, the disease is extremely rare with only 2 cases and deaths since 2008. The disease is caused by an abnormal and infectious protein in the brain called a prion. Normally, prions are used to help transmit messages between certain brain cells. They use “protein folding” which is beginning as a string of amino acids and folding themselves into a 3-D shape. However, CJD causes mistakes in the process, which causes misfolded prion proteins to spread, whereas a healthy person’s body easily recycles them. As more and more misfolded prion

Causes for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease involve abnormal infectious protein in the brain called prion. Proteins are molecules that help the cells in the body to function. These proteins fold into a 3-Dimensional shape (protein folding) that enables them to perform useful functions inside cells in the body. Prions are misfolded prion proteins that begin to build up in the brain causing others to misfold as well. This process causes brain cells to die which then release more prions to other cells of the brain. Over time, the process kills numerous brain cells and deposits of prions, known as plaques, appear in the brain. Prion infections cause small holes to appear in the brain, the damage leads to the mental and physical impairment caused by CJD

Caprine arthritis encephalitis is caused by a retroviral infection of goats. CAE is usually passed from doe (mature female goat) to kid (baby goat) by colostrum (mother’s first milk). It could also be transmitted from one adult goat to another, by reusing needles from CAE infected goats.