After a decade of denial, the British government stunned the world in 1996 by admitting that the deadly dementia affecting its beef and dairy herds was "the most likely cause" of a new, equally deadly human disease which may have already infected millions of people. "Mad Cow USA" looks at the scientists and science behind a rare and capricious class of diseases that have baffled researchers for centuries, and tells--despite U.S. government reassurances--how "mad cow" disease could happen here.
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After a decade of denial, the British government stunned the world in 1996 by admitting that the deadly dementia affecting its beef and dairy herds was "the most likely cause" of a new, equally deadly human disease which may have already infected millions of people. "Mad Cow USA" looks at the scientists and science behind a rare and capricious class of diseases that have baffled researchers for centuries, and tells--despite U.S. government reassurances--how "mad cow" disease could happen here.
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This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 246 p. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 97022500 Type of material Book Personal name Rampton, Sheldon, 1957-Main title Mad cow U.S.A. : could the nightmare happen here? / Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber. Edition 1st. ed. Published/Created Monroe, Me: Common Courage Press, c1997. Description 246 p. : ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 1567511112 (cloth) LC classification RA644. C74 R35 1997 Variant title Mad cow USA Related names Stauber, John C. (John Clyde), 1953-LC Subjects Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease--United States. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy--United States. Beef industry--United States. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-238) and index. Dewey class no. 616.8/3 Geographic area code n-us---
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo. vi, 246pp, index, notes, glossary, text-ills. From the blurb, the book 'shatters the false belief that the government and food industry would never let it happen in the USA, where 'animal cannibalism, continues more extensively than anywhere in the world'.
