WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASE-BSE ?

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=28 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>CHEMISTRY SCHOOL</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><B> </B><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CHEMISTRY SCHOOL"><U>HOME PAGE - INDEX TO THE LESSONS</U></A><B>  </B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=212 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>WHAT IS BSE</B><B> and</B></div> <div> <B>   </B><B>MAD COWS DISEASE ?</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> 1<B>.</B><A HREF="prions.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WHAT IS A PRION ?"><U><B>WHAT IS A PRION ?</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>2.</B><A HREF="what_is_bse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U><B>WHAT IS BSE</B></U></A><B> and</B></div> <div> <B>   </B><A HREF="what_is_bse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U><B>MAD COWS DISEASE ?</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>3.</B><A HREF="preventing_bse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PREVENTING BSE"><U><B>PREVENTING BSE</B></U></A><B> and</B></div> <div> <B>   </B><A HREF="preventing_bse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PREVENTING BSE"><U><B>MAD COWS DISEASE</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>4.</B><A HREF="curing_bse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CURING BSE"><U><B>CURING BSE</B></U></A><B> and</B></div> <div> <B>   </B><A HREF="curing_bse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CURING BSE"><U><B>MAD COWS DISEASE</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=452 BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="543" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 5368 ><NOBR><div> WE LEARNED ON THE PAGE...WHAT IS A PRION ? </div> <div> THAT WHEN A PENNED IN ANIMAL, LACKS AN AMINO ACID, IN ITS DIET,</div> <div> IT AUTOMATICALLY,  TAKES IT, FROM ANOTHER PLACE, IN ITS BODY.</div> <div> IN THE CASE OF BSE, THE COWS DIETS, LACKED <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#cysteine_definition_1" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U>CYSTEINE</U></A></FONT> </div> <div> AND THEY TOOK THE CYSTEINE, THEY NEEDED,</div> <div> FROM THEIR OWN BRAINS. </div> <bR> <div> THIS CAUSED,THE CONDITION THEY CALL, BSE</div> <div> BSE IS THE ABBREVIATION FOR, </div> <div> <B>B</B>OVINE <B>S</B>PONGIFORM  <B>E</B>NCEPHALOPATHY                     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#808080" FACE="Arial" >(  EN-SEF-AH-LOW - PAH-THEE  )</FONT> </div> <div> BOVINE = COW</div> <div> SPONGY -FORM = LOOKING LIKE A SPONGE                  (<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#777777" FACE="Arial" >  SPONGIFORM = SPONGY-FORM )</FONT></div> <div> ENCEPHALOPATHY = A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAIN</div> <bR> <div> THERE ARE OTHER, SIMILAR, WASTING DISEASES,  <A NAME="methionine_at_top_discussion_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> THAT ARE CAUSED, A DIETARY DEFICIENCYS, IN AMINO ACIDS,</div> <div> TALKED ABOUT, IN THE DAILY NEWS REPORTS, THAT,</div> <div> YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW, THE CAUSE OF, ALSO. <A NAME="cystine_anchor_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> WHEN A COW TAKES BOTH, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#cystine_definition" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U><U>CYSTINE</U></U></A></FONT> and CYSTEINE </div> <div> FROM ITS BRAIN CELLS, IT NORMALLY GETS SCRAPIES OR GSS. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >WHEN A COW TAKES BOTH, CYSTEINE AND</FONT><U> </U><A HREF="#methionine_a_sulfur_containing_amino_1" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U><U>METHIONINE</U></U></A></div> <div> FROM ITS SPLEEN AND BRAIN CELLS,</div> <div> IT CAN GET DOWNERS AND OR MINKS DISEASE. </div> <bR> <div> WHEN A COW TAKES BOTH, CYSTINE AND METHIONINE</div> <div> FROM BOTH ITS, HOOVES AND MOUTH CELLS,</div> <div> IT CONTRACTS HOOF AND MOUTH DISEASE </div> <bR> <div> WHEN A COW TAKES BOTH, CYSTINE AND METHIONINE</div> <div> FROM ITS, HOOVES, MOUTH AND EAR CELLS,</div> <div> IT CONTRACTS A DISEASE CALLED CJD. </div> <div>  <A NAME="taurine_lack_kuru"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> WHEN A COW TAKES BOTH, CYSTINE AND <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#taurine_definition_1" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U><U>TAURINE</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> FROM ITS BRAIN AND PANCREAS CELLS,</div> <div> IT CAN DEVELOP INTO A DISEASE CALLED, KURU.</div> <bR> <div> WHEN A COW TAKES METHIONINE, CYSTINE AND CYSTEINE </div> <div> FROM ITS BRAIN CELLS, THEY OFTEN DEVELOP,</div> <div> A DISEASE CALLED, CATS DISEASE.</div> <bR> <div> TO CONTINUE WITH OUR STUDY OF BSE  <A NAME="cysteine_bookmark_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> ALL THOSE COWS WITH BSE, LACKED <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>CYSTEINE</U></FONT> </div> <div> AN AMINO ACID, THAT COWS USE, IN EVERY CELL, OF THEIR BODYS </div> <div> THAT IS A VITAL PART, OF MORE THAN, 32% OF ITS BONES,</div> <div> 28% OF ITS HIDE AND HAIR KERATIN AND 30% OF THEIR BRAIN CELL PROTEIN. </div> <bR> <div> THEREFORE, WHEN THEY COULD NOT FIND CYSTEINE,</div> <div> IN THE SYNTHETIC FEEDS, THAT THEY WERE GIVEN,  EACH DAY,</div> <bR> <div> THEY TOOK THE CYSTEINE, THEY NEEDED, FOR THEIR HAIR,</div> <div> FROM THE PROTEIN STRANDS, IN THEIR BRAINS. </div> <div> THIS CAUSED,THEIR BRAINS, TO LOOK LIKE EMPTY SPONGES,</div> <div> AND THE STRANDS OF PROTEIN, IN THEIR BRAINS,</div> <div> NOT TO HAVE THE CORRECT STRUCTURE.</div> <div>  <A NAME="cysteine_anchor_for_calf_creation"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> ALL THE COWS, WHO HAVE HAD BSE, HAD JUST RECENTLY,  <A NAME="cystine_anchor"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> GIVEN BIRTH TO A MALE CALF, WHICH REQUIRED OF THE MOTHER COW, </div> <div> 5 TIMES MORE <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#cystine_definition_2" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U><U>CYSTINE</U></U></A></FONT> THAN SHE NORMALLY CONSUMED AND, </div> <div> 20 TIMES MORE <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#cysteine_definition_for_calf_creation" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U>CYSTEINE</U></A></FONT><A HREF="#cysteine_definition_for_calf_creation" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U> </U></A>THAN SHE NORMALLY ATE EACH DAY.</div> <bR> <div> REGULAR BEEF CATTLE FEEDS, CONTAIN NO CYSTINE & ALMOST NO CYSTEINE</div> <div> AND THE TYPICAL, DIARY COW FEEDS OF TODAY,</div> <div> CONTAIN, NO CYSTINE AND NO MORE THAN 2.3% CYSTEINE. </div> <bR> <div> THEREFORE, YOU CAN WELL UNDERSTAND, WHY,</div> <div> THOSE COWS,  DEVELOPED THE AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY DISEASE, BSE. </div> <bR> <div> BSE IS ALSO CALLED...<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>MAD COWS DISEASE</I></FONT>. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="what_is_bse_m.htm" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U>BACK TO TOP</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="cysteine_definition_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> CYSTEINE:</div> <div>             A SULFUR CONTAINING AMINO ACID, THAT IS </div> <div>             32% OF A FEMALE COWS BONES, </div> <div>             28% OF ITS HIDE KERATINS,</div> <div>             30% OF ITS BRAIN CELL PROTEIN </div> <div> WHEN A COW HAS ADEQUATE CYSTINE IN ITS DIET</div> <div> IT CAN CREATE CYSTEINE, IN ITS LIVER FROM CYSTINE.</div> <div> WHEN IT DOES NOT HAVE EITHER CYSTINE OR CYSTEINE IN ITS DIET</div> <div>         THE COW, NORMALLY TAKES IT FROM ITS BRAIN CELL PROTEIN STRANDS </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="what_is_bse_m.htm" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U>        BACK TO YOUR BOOK MARK IN THE DESCRIPTION OF BSE ABOVE    </U></A> </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="cystine_definition_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> CYSTINE: </div> <div> A SULFUR CONTAINING AMINO ACID,</div> <div> THAT IS FOUND IN THE LIVER OF HEALTHY CATTLE.</div> <div> AND THAT IS NORMALLY,</div> <div> 15% OF THEIR HIDE KERATINS</div> <div> 18% OF THE HOOVES</div> <div> 12 OF THEIR BRAIN AND NERVE CELL PROTEIN </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#cystine_anchor_1" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U><U>BACK TO YOUR BOOKMARK  IN THE DESCRIPTION OF BSE ABOVE</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#cystine_anchor_1" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="methionine_a_sulfur_containing_amino_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> METHIONINE: </div> <div> A SULFUR CONTAINING AMINO ACID,</div> <div> THAT IS THE FIRST AMINO ACID IN EVERY STRAND OF PROTEIN,</div> <div> WHICH IS USED, IN EVERY CELL, IN A COWS BODY.</div> <div> AND THAT IS,</div> <div> 8% OF THEIR HIDE KERATINS</div> <div> 14% OF THEIR HOOVES</div> <div> 18% OF THEIR BRAIN & LIVER CELL PROTEIN </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#methionine_at_top_discussion_1" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U><U>BACK TO YOUR BOOK MARK IN THE DESCRIPTION OF BSE ABOVE</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#methionine_at_top_discussion_1" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="taurine_definition_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> TAURINE: </div> <div> IN HEIFERS AND DIARY COWS, CYSTINE, METHIONINE, CYSTEINE AND <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >TAURINE</FONT></div> <div> ARE THE FOUR MOST NEEDED, AMINO ACID, PROTEIN BUILDING, COMPONENTS.</div> <div> HOWEVER, IN BULLS AND BULL CALVES, TAURINE IS THE MOST ESSENTIAL.</div> <bR> <div> TAURINE IS A SULFUR CONTAINING AMINO ACID THAT IS SYNTHESIZED</div> <div> IN THE LIVER OF CATTLE,FROM CYSTINE OR CYSTEINE. </div> <bR> <div> TAURINE IS FOUND, IN ALL THE PROTEIN, OF BULLS,</div> <div> WHICH IS WHY, THE CURIE'S NAMED IT: </div> <div> TAURUS = BULL + INE = SMALL PART OF </div> <bR> <div> TAURINE MAKES UP 11% OF A COWS HIDE KERATINS  & 28% OF ITS BRAIN PROTEIN. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#taurine_lack_kuru" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U><U>BACK TO YOUR BOOK MARK IN THE BSE AND KURU DESCRIPTION ABOVE</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="cystine_definition_2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> CYSTINE: </div> <div> A SULFUR CONTAINING AMINO ACID,</div> <div> THAT IS FOUND IN THE LIVER OF HEALTHY CATTLE.</div> <div> AND THAT IS NORMALLY,</div> <div> 15% OF THEIR HIDE KERATINS</div> <div> 18% OF THE HOOVES</div> <div> 12 OF THEIR BRAIN AND NERVE CELL PROTEIN </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#cysteine_anchor_for_calf_creation" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U><U>BACK TO YOUR BOOKMARK  IN THE DESCRIPTION OF BSE ABOVE</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#cysteine_anchor_for_calf_creation" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="cysteine_definition_for_calf_creation"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> CYSTEINE:</div> <div>             A SULFUR CONTAINING AMINO ACID, THAT IS </div> <div>             32% OF A FEMALE COWS BONES, </div> <div>             28% OF ITS HIDE KERATINS,</div> <div>             30% OF ITS BRAIN CELL PROTEIN </div> <div> WHEN A COW HAS ADEQUATE CYSTINE IN ITS DIET</div> <div> IT CAN CREATE CYSTEINE, IN ITS LIVER FROM CYSTINE.</div> <div> WHEN IT DOES NOT HAVE EITHER CYSTINE OR CYSTEINE IN ITS DIET</div> <div>         THE COW, NORMALLY TAKES IT FROM ITS BRAIN CELL PROTEIN STRANDS </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#cysteine_anchor_for_calf_creation" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U><U>        BACK TO YOUR BOOK MARK IN THE DESCRIPTION OF BSE ABOVE     </U></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>