Hum Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 The eyes of cattle may reveal signs of neurological disorders such as mad cow disease, say scientists. Noticing the symptoms early may help prevent infected meat from getting into the food supply. Researchers, led from Iowa State University, US, examined the retinas of sheep infected with scrapie - a disease similar to BSE, or mad cow disease. They write in the journal Analytical Chemistry that sick sheep's eyes had a distinctive "glow". People may contract a brain-wasting disease similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and to scrapie if they eat contaminated meat. Just like BSE, the Creuzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans is a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) - a neurodegenerative disorder caused by abnormally shaped prion proteins. These mutated prions destroy brain tissue, causing fatal brain and nerve degeneration and eventually death. Once the scientists confirmed that a number of animals were in fact scrapie-positive, they analysed 140 eyeballs by shining a beam of light on the retina, a light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the inner eye. They found that the retinas of infected sheep emitted a characteristic "glow". more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spy beef Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Are cows the new Ghoa'uld hosts? Let us start worshiping our new Bovine Gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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