Research Paper On Mad Cow Disease

ENC 1101
Tonia Howick
October 21, 2013

Mad Cow: Fact or Fiction? While Mad Cow disease may seem like an urban legend it, in fact, is a real disease that infects thousands of cows along with people worldwide. The scientific name given to this disease is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or BSE. BSE is fatal; it degrades the nervous and digestive systems in cows over time. On average, 1.5 million of the 12 million cattle in the United Kingdom will be infected with this disease in that span of one year.
The first outbreak of mad cow was detected in the U.K the year 1985. This outbreak would eventually cause the mistrust of the meatpacking industry nationwide and even globally. Allowing this disease to become an epidemic, at the time, caused
As with mental health, when taking or using substances, such as steroids, physical health of the individual may also be at risk. Some possible consequences to the physical health of the individual may include body changes, injury, and effects of performance. Body changes of the user, regardless of race or sex, may be dramatic and irreversible. The consequences of body change may include an increase in height, weight gain, increase in muscle mass, masculinization, and premature closing of growth plates. It is important to note that the use of steroids is shown to cause severe fluid retention and does not actually increase the physical strength of the individual, just the weight of the muscle itself. Also detrimental to the physical health of the individual who is using steroids is the positive correlation of use and an increased risk of various health problems. The most common health problems associated with steroid use are cysts in the liver, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, and heart disease. On that note, injury to the individual is increased as the use of steroids increases. Injury to the body can range from overexertion to possible death. These are seen as possible consequences due to the fact that during use an individual experiences an increase in aggression and a feeling of “invincibility” that makes them think they can do just about anything. That being said, performance is greatly affected by use of
This has happened a select few times in history and is a slightly recurring phenomenon so it is interesting to observe the source of this particular incident which provides an example of why this happens. It started in a place called Fort Dix, New Jersey. This is a place where many army recruits and trainees come and live in close quarters to train and learn for the army. In late January of 1976, many of the recruits at Fort Dix began complaining of respiratory illnesses. About a week later, on February 5th a private by the name of David Lewis died from this illness (Gaydos, Top, Hodder & Russell, 2006). An autopsy was done on the body and health officials proposed that the cause of death was H1N1 or commonly known as swine flu. This made sense because a background check was done and the private lived on a pig or swine farm back where he was from. This H1N1 virus was very close to a strain that caused a world-wide pandemic in 1918 that killed millions of people. Naturally this virus spread around to the other recruits at Fort Dix with such harsh conditions, close quarters, and cold weather. Moving on, by the time of Lewis’s death almost 200 recruits were reported of having the illness (Gaydos, Top, Hodder & Russell, 2006). Alarmed health officials thought