Mad cow disease!? viral or bacterial?

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need to write an essay.is it VIRAL or BActeRIAL.

i dont need any information on it. just if its viral or bacterial....
pleas help. and dont guess..

how can it be spread?

What is Mad Cow Disease?
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is the scientific term for a disease which affects the brains of cattle. Soon after BSE was first discovered in the United Kingdom, it became more commonly known as "mad cow disease," most likely because of the emotional response it generated with the public. Unlike most livestock diseases, BSE is not caused by a bacterial or viral infection, but rather is the result of infectious prions. These are unique proteins that may bond with a cow's brain cells, altering their composition and ultimately leading to the animal's death. Mad cow disease is believed to be transferred to cattle when they eat these infectious proteins, yet science has shown the disease can only affect those cows that are genetically susceptible.

viral

It's a prion disease.Prion diseases result from misfolding of a normal brain protein called prion protein(PrP)

(mad cow disease is not caused by a bacteria or a virus)

Neither.

It's thought to be a prion disease.

Viral through its milk & flesh(meat)

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