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.
Cause of the Mad Cow Disease. The mad cow disease is considered associated to modification or conformational change of a normal cell surface protein called prion protein. The reasons for this conformational change are still unknown. This disease is incurable and fatal in cattle. The infected cattle lose the ability to perform normal actions such as standing or walking, and hence, the disease derives its name of mad cow. The disease severely affects the nervous system of cattle, including the brain and spinal cord.