bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen-year-old diagnosed with mad cow disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.

Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen-year-old diagnosed with mad cow disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.

As the head of a food agency, Teze must discover the source of a massive outbreak of Mad Cow Disease in France that is rapidly spreading to other countries and claiming many human as well as bovine lives. The more he investigates, the more he realizes that man's gluttony is the cause of it all.

Provides information about the causes of mad cow disease, a fatal illness that affects the brain and central nervous system of cattle; explains how the infection is transmitted to humans, emphasizing the rarity of the disease in people; and looks at what is being done to protect the public.

Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen-year-old diagnosed with mad cow disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.

Contains an overview of mad cow disease, explaining how it effects animals and humans, the history of the disease, the method of its infection, and how it can be treated and prevented.

Traces developments in the study of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease, since its discovery in 1985, discussing its symptoms and effects, how it is spread, and what is known about the disease.