August 30, 2006

K-State professor says control measures have played important role in reducing prevalence of mad cow disease

MANHATTAN -- From a scientific standpoint, it's quickly fading in importance. In fact, according to a Kansas State professor of clinical sciences, funding is moving toward other diseases.
But from a public standpoint, the interest in bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as BSE or mad cow disease, is still high. BSE is a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system. Kansas State Univ. Link