However it will be worth studying the levels of these proteins in lean and obese humans at various stages of development. However British studies have failed to show any evidence that BSE has ever infected European sheep, although they do carry a related prion disease, scrapie, which seems to be harmless to humans. The rate of scrapie in Birish sheep has not changed during the BSE period, and there is no correlation between sheep scrapie and human cases of vCJD disease, which probably is caused ingestion of bovine BSE prions. However there is continuing vigilance in Europe over this issue. The individuals suffer frequent urgent bowel motions, cramps, bleeding and fever.
Antibiotics provide at best temporary relief.
When probiotics were discontinued, all the treatment group relapsed also within four months. This is as expected because the organisms introduced with probiotic therapy are short-lived and require effectively daily replenishment. But it has been demonstrated that with continuous administration, the bowel flora does change substantially in favour of more benign organisms. Since probiotics have no known deleterious effects, they can be continued indefinitely. Monsanto has been involved in the development of a rice plant with a substantial content of beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A in the body.