Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

proteins in the brain cause the brain to shrink since the disease attacks the inner part of the brain along with neurons and cells. Peter Pressman in When Good Proteins Go Bad, claims that “Most prion diseases cause what is known as a spongiform encephalopathy. The word spongiform means that the disease erodes brain tissue, creating microscopic holes that make the tissue look like a sponge.” An interesting part of this disease is that victims go through a period of incubation from the first time…

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a disease that has been slowly spreading throughout deer and elk populations for the past 36 years. Recently, CWD was spotted in Arkansas where more deer were infected faster than previously expected. Based on this event, the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency is preparing to handle CWD whenever it should come. CWD is a very serious disease, but as of now it poses no real threat to humans. CWD is believed to be transmitted by prions. This places CWD in close…

From Moo to Milk, There’s More than Meets the Eye in the Dairy Industry Sadly, misconceptions run rampant throughout the agriculture industry; from things such as GMOs are absolutely nothing but trouble, and broiler chickens are pumped full of steroids and hormones to grow them to three time their normal size and many others. As agriculturalists, it is our job to help educate the public about our way of life and the industry that feeds us, because, as the saying goes, without…

for farmers. The purpose of a growth hormone is to make the animals grow faster. “Either way, the backstory is the same: Agribusiness wants maximum return on investment in minimal time.” (p. 117) Baby calves are injected with hormones. Recombinant bovine growth hormone (rGBH) is given to dairy cattle to improve the amount of milk produced. (p.117) The GMO’s that were illegal in Canada, it is the same thing as these rGBH’s. NOT ALLOWED. Antibiotics are also added to the animals diets. “The union…

precipitation of development of hepatic encephalopathy [1]. Hepatic encephalopathy, a neurological dysfunction disorder including a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms and signs with different grades ranging from minimal abnormalities in neuropsychological function to coma [2]. Hyper ammonemia causes neurotransmitter…

Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.377) B.E.2559 (2016) RE: Designation of Requirements and Conditions for Import Food with Risk from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or Mad Cow Disease is a fatal disease found in cattle. The disease is also linked to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), which causes degeneration of spinal cord in human that leads to patients showing neurological symptoms and death. There is currently no treatment for…

diseases, the prices of beef would go up as a result of an increase in death due to diseases. The loss of a single animal can be devastating to small scale farmers and ranchers. Three diseases which are important in beef cattle are bloat, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, and a variety of parasites. Bloat is often considered a single disease; however, it is actually a combination of symptoms which can be caused by a variety of factors. “Bloat is a form of indigestion marked by excessive…

Creutzfeldt – Jakob disease known as (CJD) is a rare neurodegenerative disease that breaks down the brain only infecting about one million people worldwide. CJD belongs to a family of human animal diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). Infected brains become filled with holes looking like sponges. There are also other TSEs Kuru, fatal familial, insomnia FFI, and Gerstmann-Staussler-Scheinker disease (GSS). CJD is caused by glycoprotein called a prion. Prion…

transferred from farm animal waste to humans." The article goes on to state, "[Industrial meat cows] are three times likelier to harbor a potentially deadly strain of E. coli, and at higher risk of carrying salmonella bacteria and transmitting bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, as it’s quaintly known." This shows how the industrial meat system hurts animals and consumers. The animals are much more likely to get diseases like E. Coli or salmonella, and consumers become much…

Chronic Wasting Disease: The Silent Assassin Chronic Wasting Disease, also known as (CWD) kills herds of deer by the hundreds. As of right now, it is a guaranteed death for any animal that contracts the disease. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) started monitoring the white tail deer population in the fall of 1999. They came across there first CWD positive deer in November 2001 when they were testing harvested deer. The location where the deer was shot is unknown. (DNR.wi.gov…