Contact Temperature Sensor Types â These types of temperature sensor are required to be in physical contact with the object being sensed and use conduction to monitor changes in temperature. They can be used to detect solids, liquids or gases over a wide range of temperatures.
Mad cow disease is an incurable, fatal brain disease that affects cattle. Different versions of the disease can affect certain other animals, like goats and sheep. The medical name for mad cow disease is bovine spongiform encephalopathy (pronounced: BO-vine SPUN-jih-form en-seh-fah-LA-puh-thee), or BSE for short. It's called mad cow disease because it affects a cow's nervous system, causing a cow to act strangely and lose control of its ability to do normal things, such as walk.
They said their findings could lead to a treatment for mad cow disease and CJD, which are both incurable and always fatal. Prions are proteins found in the brain, which have been recently linked with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease) and relatives like CJD.Tests have shown the bad prions fold in a certain shape and somehow transmit this to healthy prions.hey said their findings could lead to a treatment for mad cow disease and CJD, which are both incurable and always fatal. Prions are proteins found in the brain, which have been recently linked with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease) and relatives like CJD.