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What is Mad Cow disease (Spongiform disease) occurs due to and explain in detail?
Mad cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy i.e. Caused by “prions”
“PRIONS” are unconventional transmissible agents, proteinaceous in nature.”
Diseases caused by prions are
Kuru
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease.
Gerstmann Straussler Scheinker Syndrome
Fatal Familial Insomnia.
Scrapie Of Sheep
Transmissible Encephalopathy of Mink.
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease)