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In the mid-1980s, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), in cattle was identified in southern England, and within two years over 1,000 cases surfaced in more than 200 herds. Called "mad-cow disease," the epidemic caused a massive hysteria in Great Britain and Europe as thousands of cattle were revealed to have contracted the disease. More startling were reports of the fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease developing in humans from mad cow disease.

This project will explain the history of the epidimic and examine and explain the biological processes and effects of both BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jakob.