Friday, May 23, 2008

About mad cow disease


Did you heard about mad cow disease? It's really scary.


Mad cow disease is an illness affects a cow's nervous system, causing a cow to act strangely and lose control of its ability to do normal things.


And what are dangers? Let me tell you, recently 2 people die because of the mad cow disease.


Which means the cows that are infected are sold for meat.


The disease kills the nerve system and make human brain like a sponge. The diseases have a long period until it appears, so there is a long time between point of infection and contracting the actual disease.


And there is no cure for it. You have to avoid eating parts of the cow that are likely to carry the infection like brain or ground products. But eating steaks, roasts, or burgers known to have been made from uninfected herds is perfectly safe. However, it may be harder to know the origins of the meat in processed meat products.




It's your choice whether to eat beef or not.

2 comments:

Lira said...

bovine spongiform encephalopathy
= mad cow disease.....

JAGA WAKEEZ said...

Wow. I never knew that. Well now I know. Nice Topic. Now everyone can learn about mad Cow Deasease.