Michael Hansen Quotes on Brain (2 Quotes)

The Western blot test, which concentrates the brain sample, can detect mad cow disease in an animal at an earlier stage of infection. It is used in virtually all European countries and Japan.

Based on this new research, if just one infected cow entered the U.S. feed supply and the brain and spinal cord of that animal were maximally dispersed in feed, it could potentially infect 45,000 other cows. That's why we have to be extremely vigilant about keeping any infected animal material out of feed and food.