A 10 page overview of three potentially fatal diseases. Includes their effects on cattle and man as well as discussions on possible treatment methodologies and preventions. Outlines research efforts to develop vaccines and gives an overview of the different types of legislation which has evolved in response to the threat of these and other diseases. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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direct and indirect impacts on humans through direct infection and through infection of their livestock. These diseases and others like then have generated phenomenal amount of research designed to
aid not only in the detection of the disease but in its treatment and prevention. In many cases the result has been the creation of vaccines and legislation which
hamper the spread of the diseases. In most cases legislation involving disease revolves around detection and prevention. Numerous legislative measures have been implemented which result in the tight
regulation of cattle transport from country to country in particular. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Although all of the three of the above mentioned diseases have received widespread attention in recent years it is probably Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, otherwise known
as Mad Cow Disease, which has created the most recent stir. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy was first recognized as a neurological disease which affected cattle in November of 1986 (National
Environmental Health Association, 1996). is a disease which affects the nervous system. Infection with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy has potentially devastating
consequences. As already mentioned the disease was first identified as a separate disease entity in November 1986 from which time until May 1995 approximately 150,000 head of cattle from
almost 33,500 herds were diagnosed with the disease in the United Kingdom (National Environmental Health Association, 1996). Almost new 1,000 cases per week were being diagnosed at the height
of this epidemic in January 1993 (Center for Disease Control, 1996). By 1996 the outbreak had slowed to only an approximate three hundred cases per week (Center for Disease