Schwartz, Maxime

Provides a comprehensive history of prion diseas, more commonly referred to as mad cow disease. Discusses the unique form of the disease and how it lacks any nucleic acid, details how the disease infects livestock and can then be passed onto humans, and describes how the disease is highly resistant to deactivation by chemical or physical additives.

Traces the history of Mad Cow Disease, discussing how it originated, why people fear it, how it is transmitted, and what affects it has had on agriculture.