Mad cow disease
Subtitle: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
By: Tom Ridgway
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Epidemics
Publisher: Rosen Pub. Group
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780823934874
Subjects: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Prion diseases; Juvenile literature; Diseases; Mad cow disease
Description: Explains what mad cow disease is, how it is transmitted, the effects on animals and humans, and how it is controlled.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 61) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1: Holes in the brain; title: 2: The protein goes bad; title: 3: The cows go mad; title: 4: The final frontier; title: 5: Are we safe?