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Snap · 05-17-08, 07:46 PM

Yeah, mad cow disease and scrapie are spread from eating protein from infected animals. In cows it was from protein supplements, in sheep it was thought to be from eating each other's placentas. Kuru in humans was from canibalism.

05-17-08, 07:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
Snap Member Join Date: 05-02-08 Posts: 25	Yeah, mad cow disease and scrapie are spread from eating protein from infected animals. In cows it was from protein supplements, in sheep it was thought to be from eating each other's placentas. Kuru in humans was from canibalism.