Patient Education Information

Mad Cow Disease, Still a Concern - The staff at the Mayo Clinic try to clear up some misconceptions about Mad Cow Disease.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - The Mayo Clinic also provides this information.

How Now, Mad Cow? How Prions Work - This lovely poster illustrates how prions work to cause problems.

Mad Cow Disease from KidsHealth - This information is geared towards parents.

MEDLINEPlus Medical Encyclopedia - The Health Illustrated Encyclopedia from MedlinePlus includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations. Please check the alphabetic listing for the topic you want.

National Center for Infectious Diseases Travelers’ Health: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - The CDC provides this information for people traveling outside the U.S.

Research on Prion Diseases - The US Government describes research (both in the US and around the world) into these types of diseases.

An Update on BSE - The European Food Information Council, EUFIC, is a non-profit organisation which provides science-based information on food and food-related topics to the media, health and nutrition professionals, educators, and opinion leaders. This informative fact sheet also provides a listing of high-risk countries and the risk assessment methods in the country.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Consumer Questions and Answers About BSE - This government fact sheet answers many of the questions you may have about Mad Cow disease.

What is Mad Cow Disease? - This information, for kids, was developed by KidsHealth.

World Health Organization: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - This fact sheet describes the the source of the epidemic, the causes, prevention, and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

World Health Organization: Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - The epidemiology, clinical features, cause, and diagnosis will all be found here.

Cow image is provided by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.