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BSE
How spread bovine spongiform encephalopathy?
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The primary cause is cattle consuming meat and bone meal made from infected animals, especially containing brain and spinal cord tissue. There is limited evidence that BSE may pass from an infected mother to her calf during pregnancy. Processing equipment or facilities contaminated with infected tissue can spread the disease to otherwise clean feed. If specified risk materials (like brain or spinal cord) are not properly removed, they can contaminate meat products or other cattle feed.
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Feed adulteration
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Contaminated feed is main reason
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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), also known as “mad cow disease,” is primarily spread through the consumption of contaminated feed. Specifically, BSE is transmitted when cattle eat feed containing meat and bone meal derived from other BSE-infected cows. This occurs because the infectious agent, a misfolded prion protein, is present in the contaminated feed.
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Yes
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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease, is spread mainly through the consumption of contaminated feed. Specifically:
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BSE is caused by prions (abnormal, infectious proteins).
It spread among cattle when they were fed meat and bone meal (MBM) that contained infected brain or spinal cord tissue from other cattle.
Prions are highly resistant — they are not destroyed by normal cooking or standard sterilization, making contaminated feed very risky.
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