BSE

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What causes BSE? The exact cause of BSE is not known but it is generally accepted by the scientific community that the likely cause is infectious forms of a type of protein, prions, normally found in animals cause BSE.
Although the exact cause of BSE is unknown, it is associated with the presence of an abnormal protein called a prion.
Cattle are continuously monitored for BSE and BSE is decreasing in the UK.
Preliminary results released by the United Kingdom Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, however, suggest that BSE can be passed from a cow to her calf, which might conceivably lengthen the time needed until BSE is eradicated.
BSE is one of a group of diseases that affect a number of different mammals.

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