Mad Cow Disease, Its Still Here!

[El Cid]

Switzerland has already recorded two cases of atypical mad cow disease this year. Other countries like the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Netherlands and Brazil have also been affected.

The news articles asks if mad cow discease is making a come back, but looking at the grapph, its never gone away.

 

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/is-mad-cow-disease-making-a-comeback-/48783906

 

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), sometimes called zombie deer disease, is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) affecting deer. The cause of CWD (like other TSEs, such as scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy) is a prion.

Species that have been affected with CWD include elk, mule deer, white-tailed deer, black-tailed deer, and moose. Other ruminant species, including wild ruminants and domestic cattle, sheep, and goats, have been housed in wildlife facilities in direct or indirect contact with CWD-affected deer and elk, with no evidence of disease transmission.

In 2022, it had been recorded that outbreaks of CWD had shown themselves in both the United States and Canada. CWD was present in 29 states, infecting herds of moose, deer and elk in 391 different counties.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_wasting_disease

 

I was listening to a radio four piece about this.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001rrhy

 

 

 

 

[cressida]

Wouldn't you be mad if you had to wear those danged bells round your neck?

[hackey lad]

5 hours ago, cressida said:

Wouldn't you be mad if you had to wear those danged bells round your neck?

Especially  when the horns still work 😀

[The_DADDY]

Mad cow disease is definitely still a thing.

I had to get a divorce to rid myself of it.

[Padders]

1 hour ago, The_DADDY said:

Mad cow disease is definitely still a thing.

I had to get a divorce to rid myself of it.

Absolute classic Daddy 

This Forum is desperately in need of some humour..

[The_DADDY]

17 minutes ago, Padders said:

Absolute classic Daddy 

This Forum is desperately in need of some humour..

Yeah I've noticed the place seems a little angrier these days. Still, never fear The_DADDY is here 🤣

[Al Bundy]

Two cows in a field.

 

Cow one says to the other... " you heard about this mad cows disease, it's starting to worry me"

 

Cow two.  " doesn't bother me, I am a sheep "