Sentences with phrase «infected cattle brains»

The example of kuru helped to show how BSE — mad cow disease — spread through the feeding of infected cattle brains to other animals, and how this led to variant Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (vCJD).

Not exact matches

Experts generally agree that BSE is most likely spread when cattle are fed meat and bone meal that contains brain or spinal cord from an infected animal, although recent atypical cases in the US suggest that more research is needed in this area.
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