tissues that carry the BSE prion. This is due to the fact that hamburger meat derives from muscle taken from the cow’s spinal cord. The spinal cord is linked to the cow’s brain, thus causing fragments of brain tissue, which can possible have the disease. Our research indicates that it is not likely that a human will get BSE from milk and other dairy products. Even though the disease is not likely transmitted through dairy products, countries such as Germany and France have strict search regulations pertaining to food, even down to a slice of lunch meat has been inspected, so they claim (McArthur 1). It can be concluded that blood transfusions may pass on the disease. In Europe, predominantly the United Kingdom, blood transfusions were restricted due to the large possibility of BSE being transmitted. English hospitals are reporting that vCJD can be transmitted through the use of unclean surgical instruments. Brittish Ministers are also requiring the use of disposable instruments to be used in tonsillitis surgeries in order to prevent spreading of the disease, a new decontamination process with current state-of –the art procedures for multi use surgical equipment and task committees to address Mad Cow Disease issues (Times News Paper 1). The British believe that this scare will bring Europe closer in their fight to stop the spreading of the disease and also devise a system that will prevent the disease in its entirety. Classical Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)This disease is the human form of BSE, which targets the central nervous system and starts to disintegrate the human brain (About Classical CJD). This disease is one of few that has actually been reported in the United States. It has also been reported in Australia and New Zealand, which is hard to believe since scrapie or BSE has not affected either country (Classical CJD in the U.S.A.).Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)The Spongiform Encep...
