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Re: British Beef Situation
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Subject: Re: British Beef Situation
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From: Melanie <mail08147@pop.net>
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 96 19:57:19 PDT
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Article: 11926 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking, alt.sustainable.agriculture, alt.agriculture.misc
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References: <4j6aai$b6f@freenet-news.carleton.ca> <4j6dtt$pa2@romeo.logica.co.uk> <4j7gak$fi7@agate.berkeley.edu> <4jgiqb$q8a@whitbeck.ncl.ac.uk> <smiller-0104961407580001@ip4.van1.pacifier.com> <644@cornwick.win-uk.net> <bnEL$AAYHhYxEwNb@upthorpe.demon.co.uk> <VbDQTAAQJpYxEwPm@aesford.demon.co.uk> <4jukkl$sr4@newstand.syr.edu> <X7GYkMAYIMZxEw1P@upthorpe.demon.co.uk> <NEWTNews.829106921.3143.lordrog@lordessx.demon.co.uk> <crqWTEAurQbxEwEX@joymal.demon.co.uk> <4knvqv$d32@orm.southern.co.nz> <4krtsb$9vg_001@watstar.uwaterloo.ca>
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Xref: newz.oit.unc.edu rec.food.cooking:237823 alt.sustainable.agriculture:11926 alt.agriculture.misc:5178
BSE, and all transmissable spongiform encephalopathies, are transmitted via
prion protein, which are not viruses. Their mechanism of action in not
understood, although a lot of research is ongoing.
The cows go made because the disease causes holes in the brain -- hence
"spongiform."
References: