Mad Cow Disease Also Caused By Genetic Mutation
Friday, September 12, 2008 - 23:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
New findings about the causes of mad cow disease show that sometimes it may be genetic. Until several years ago, it was thought that the cattle prion disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy -- also called BSE or mad cow disease -- was a foodborne disease.
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