Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, a form of "mad cow" in humans, is mostly a genetic defect in humans. However you can "catch" it if you eat meat that is contaminated from exposure to brain tissues or spinal fluid infected with BSE prions, or from eating the brains or spinal column of an animal with the misfolded prion. But even that is very rare, and the chance of getting CJD is 1 in one million.
You have a 1:1 000 000 chance of contracting "mad cow disease" or CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the human form of "Mad Cow disease.") Your chances increase as you get into your 50's and 60's.
Dietary protein would not affect a person afflicted with vCJD.
That human dies a slow and painful death.
Prions.
We are aware of mad cow disease
Most likely not; the odds are slim.
There is no such thing as "cow disease" unless you are referring to MAD cow disease, which is something else entirely.
Both are just likely to be affected as the other.
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Mad cow disease cannot be treated. The only solution is eradication to prevent the spread of the disease.
No. It is only if you ate the bone marrow, eyes, or brains/spinal column of an infected animal that you would very likely get CJD (human version of mad cow disease).
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Mad Cow Disease is a layman's term for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.
Mad cow disease happens when the proteins in the brain of cow become misfolded. This is called prion. In simple words all proteins have to be folded before they can function and when some proteins in the brain become misfolded, such a state is called prions (misfolding of proteins) and it results in mad cow disease.