Two cases of mad cow disease (11.25)
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Last Update: 2003-03-12
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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OA show ('918 '); yesterday, French officials said that two more cases of BSE had recently been found in France In this way, 191 cows in France have been infected with BSE since 1991 It is said that the two infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (commonly known as "mad cow disease") are 6-year-old cows They were found in the West and east of France, respectively More than 100 cases of BSE have been found this year after the introduction of advanced detection methods in France At present, there is a national panic about mad cow disease in France Sales of beef in France have halved for fear of a human version of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease caused by eating beef Spongiform encephalopathy, such as "mad cow disease" and Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, is caused by the variation of saw protein Saw protein exists in mammals, including human beings It folds in normal form, but when mutated, it will open like a saw tooth, and a large number of small holes will appear in the brain, causing people or animals to suffer from dementia type infectious spongiform encephalopathy "Mad cow disease" was first found in British cattle in the mid-1980s, and has been found in several European countries China feed industry information network RmZ (author:)
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