Mad Cow Disease

I have chosen to respond to the subject of "Mad Cow Disease." I had a close relative who past away from the disease and there is so much more that I could learn about it. I think that the public is very unaware of what Mad Cow Disease is and how common it is. As the book stated, Oprah tried to talk about it and she got in trouble for doing so. This shows that the government is covering it up for some reason and I want to know more.

The specific topics I am going to research are the possible different strands and the effects on the human body and what can be done about it. I also want to know more about what the government is doing to prevent anyone else from getting this disease either from our home grown meat or imported meats.

I think that anyone who heard the name "Mad Cow Disease" would be interested in reading this research paper. I would want people to take the research paper seriously after they realized the severity of the disease. The name of the disease tends to make you think of crazy cows, and I would want to know more about it.

I will use information from government websites such as the FDA, CDC, and USDA to do help me find the information I need. Also, I will look into the Mad Cow outbreak coverage from articles and newspapers in both Europe and the United States. I will try to use medical websites or databases to try and find out as much as possible about the disease.

After reading chapter nine in the FFN book, I decided that I was going to do this topic, so I have no yet compiled any research on the topic. I was previously going to do a research paper on the proper nutrition required to have and maintain a healthy pregnancy...seeing as fast food is not part of that healthy diet equation. However, finding out as much as possible about the disease is more interesting to me. As for all the research I now have left to do, I am going to start by first looking up the clinical definition for the disease. Then I would like to see if there are more strands or similar diseases to compare it to. I would like to find out how many people are diagnosed with it each year, and what is the Government doing to stop the spread of the disease.