The Horrifying Details Of Mad Cow DiseaseEssay Preview: The Horrifying Details Of Mad Cow DiseaseReport this essayThe Horrifying Details of Mad Cow Diseasebyyour nameResearch WritingTeacherSeptember 30, 2002Last name iiThe Horrifying Details of Mad Cow DiseaseMad Cow Disease, scientifically referred to as (BSA) Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, is a disease that affects those humans who eat the meat from infected cows.
I. IntroductionII. Opening StoryA. Introduction to storyB. Where he is fromC. Beginning pointD. EffectsC. DeathIII. How it comes to beA. How it spreadsB. What they feed the animalsC. Who has been infectedD. Step by step exampleIV. EffectsA. What the disease doesB. How it affects humansC. How it affects animalsV. Statistics and examplesA. Amount of VictimsB. Centuries of DiseasesC. Case StudiesVII. ConclusionLast name 1The Horrifying Details of Mad Cow DiseaseMad Cow Disease, scientifically referred to as (BSE) Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, is a disease that affects those humans who eat the meat from infected cows. Mad Cow Disease is one of several fatal brain diseases called (TSE) Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy. (USDA) There was evidence of a new illness resembling the sheep disease scrapie. It was technically named BSE but quickly acquired the mad cow tag because of the way infected cattle behave. (CNN) In 1997, there was an award given to Stanley Prusiner, for concluding that a distorted protein called a prion was responsible for Mad Cow Disease, noted the long incubation period made it difficult to distinguish (Bryant). Another name for Mad Cow Disease is the new variant Cruetzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), similar to the Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, which is a deadly brain illness that strikes about one per million per year (USDA) due to genetic or unknown causes while the vCJD is contracted from eating infected cows (USDA). Both CJD and vCJD are so similarly named because of the similar effects from the illness.
This case study shows the effect of CJD. The story has been said to be on the natural occurring CJD but is still in the family with the same kind of effects as vCJD. It is just contracted differently. According to Rocky Mountain News in an article written by Lou Kilzer, Tracie Mcewen noticed something wrong for the first time on Mothers Day of 1998 (Kilzer). Doug, her husband, always made her homemade cards for Mothers Day, but he did not this year. Although Tracie thought Doug was mad at her or just being forgetful, he died ten months later from a rare brain ravaging disease (Kilzer). After his death an autopsy showed that it was not Mad Cow Disease. Some scientists wondered if his and four other deaths were somehow connected to a related disease in deer and elk called (CWD) Chronic Wasting Disease, considering that Doug was an avid hunter (Kilzer). Before losing Doug, Tracie wrote the following accounts of the ravages for
The first is in the February issue of Invertebrate Paleontology
The second is in a February article and can be found here. The third article is a PDF version
I hope this post may help you in figuring out what is causing these ravages, which is quite hard to do and the reason you may never hear of them.
A new study conducted in the 1990s in California. The most notable was the two cases reported in 1992 in Sacramento. On February 3, 1996, a 15-year-old girl who had been attacked by ten year-old girl named Barbara, was struck by a truck and was taken by ambulance to a hospital. The victim was on her way to the hospital for medical treatment that took place after the initial trauma.[4] However, the girl was released on January 25. A few months later as a precautionary measure of her safety, Tanya DeJuan died from her wounds, leaving a permanent scar around her hand. The three most recent deaths involved the same girl (Lacey). On March 6, 1997, at the age of 35, a 15-year old girl from North Dakota, who had been at the family ranch, received an attack by a young, male named Bob McDaniel, who assaulted her and threw her to a ground. She was killed instantly.[3] The girl’s family said she’d be fine. The boy took his own life. The other two victims were 13-year old Rachel Vignerio (17) from Missouri, who was at a ranch with the family. The girl’s father told investigators that his wife and her brother witnessed him throwing the victim to the ground. According to family member Tanya DeJuan, he did not realize that a 15-year-old girl like this could be so serious. DeJuan went outside and found it raining and covered in blood. According to an emergency report filed by the Utah Department of Health, Vignerio and his brother were standing at the same time and had been drinking and joking with her.[5] The report said he had gone to the ranch so he could put her to sleep. According to the Utah Department of Health, Vignerio was not drunk at the time and said he did not remember being thrown. No arrests were made, and the sheriff’s office said they did not investigate the case.[4]
Trial Proceedings _________________________________________________ [6] On April 8, 2003 a jury found Doug MacDougherty guilty on felony assault and three counts of aggravated battery. In the statement in support of the acquittal was the statement the prosecutor made: That the victim was a woman who was not a husband; that she was never married to her husband; that Doug was an avid hunter in this country; that she was not a criminal. The prosecutors stated that for a short time after Doug was killed their investigation found three or four more witnesses who claimed to be relatives of the suspect. After the trial Doug and his lawyer, Bruce Mollenke, filed a petition with the court asking for a restraining order before the judge to keep the defendant in custody pending the trial. Doug’s trial was postponed until November of 2002 after the prosecution petition was filed. The following is the transcript of the hearing: On Wednesday the 12th of November 2002, Doug MacDougherty was questioned for 11 minutes by the judge on the second part of the case that resulted in the conviction on the first of those charges on March 25 and June 6, 2004. Doug testified that he knew Doug MacDougherty, was there for the family. The judge read the statement: It was Doug and we knew as young girls we were in our mid 30s and were raised as brothers in a ranch in Santa Cruz Arizona. Doug said Doug and I were together in the ranch. The judge gave Doug an opportunity to respond. Doug said he was worried that I and my parents would go crazy for our family and that
A new study conducted in the 1990s in California. The most notable was the two cases reported in 1992 in Sacramento. On February 3, 1996, a 15-year-old girl who had been attacked by ten year-old girl named Barbara, was struck by a truck and was taken by ambulance to a hospital. The victim was on her way to the hospital for medical treatment that took place after the initial trauma.[4] However, the girl was released on January 25. A few months later as a precautionary measure of her safety, Tanya DeJuan died from her wounds, leaving a permanent scar around her hand. The three most recent deaths involved the same girl (Lacey). On March 6, 1997, at the age of 35, a 15-year old girl from North Dakota, who had been at the family ranch, received an attack by a young, male named Bob McDaniel, who assaulted her and threw her to a ground. She was killed instantly.[3] The girl’s family said she’d be fine. The boy took his own life. The other two victims were 13-year old Rachel Vignerio (17) from Missouri, who was at a ranch with the family. The girl’s father told investigators that his wife and her brother witnessed him throwing the victim to the ground. According to family member Tanya DeJuan, he did not realize that a 15-year-old girl like this could be so serious. DeJuan went outside and found it raining and covered in blood. According to an emergency report filed by the Utah Department of Health, Vignerio and his brother were standing at the same time and had been drinking and joking with her.[5] The report said he had gone to the ranch so he could put her to sleep. According to the Utah Department of Health, Vignerio was not drunk at the time and said he did not remember being thrown. No arrests were made, and the sheriff’s office said they did not investigate the case.[4]
Trial Proceedings _________________________________________________ [6] On April 8, 2003 a jury found Doug MacDougherty guilty on felony assault and three counts of aggravated battery. In the statement in support of the acquittal was the statement the prosecutor made: That the victim was a woman who was not a husband; that she was never married to her husband; that Doug was an avid hunter in this country; that she was not a criminal. The prosecutors stated that for a short time after Doug was killed their investigation found three or four more witnesses who claimed to be relatives of the suspect. After the trial Doug and his lawyer, Bruce Mollenke, filed a petition with the court asking for a restraining order before the judge to keep the defendant in custody pending the trial. Doug’s trial was postponed until November of 2002 after the prosecution petition was filed. The following is the transcript of the hearing: On Wednesday the 12th of November 2002, Doug MacDougherty was questioned for 11 minutes by the judge on the second part of the case that resulted in the conviction on the first of those charges on March 25 and June 6, 2004. Doug testified that he knew Doug MacDougherty, was there for the family. The judge read the statement: It was Doug and we knew as young girls we were in our mid 30s and were raised as brothers in a ranch in Santa Cruz Arizona. Doug said Doug and I were together in the ranch. The judge gave Doug an opportunity to respond. Doug said he was worried that I and my parents would go crazy for our family and that
A new study conducted in the 1990s in California. The most notable was the two cases reported in 1992 in Sacramento. On February 3, 1996, a 15-year-old girl who had been attacked by ten year-old girl named Barbara, was struck by a truck and was taken by ambulance to a hospital. The victim was on her way to the hospital for medical treatment that took place after the initial trauma.[4] However, the girl was released on January 25. A few months later as a precautionary measure of her safety, Tanya DeJuan died from her wounds, leaving a permanent scar around her hand. The three most recent deaths involved the same girl (Lacey). On March 6, 1997, at the age of 35, a 15-year old girl from North Dakota, who had been at the family ranch, received an attack by a young, male named Bob McDaniel, who assaulted her and threw her to a ground. She was killed instantly.[3] The girl’s family said she’d be fine. The boy took his own life. The other two victims were 13-year old Rachel Vignerio (17) from Missouri, who was at a ranch with the family. The girl’s father told investigators that his wife and her brother witnessed him throwing the victim to the ground. According to family member Tanya DeJuan, he did not realize that a 15-year-old girl like this could be so serious. DeJuan went outside and found it raining and covered in blood. According to an emergency report filed by the Utah Department of Health, Vignerio and his brother were standing at the same time and had been drinking and joking with her.[5] The report said he had gone to the ranch so he could put her to sleep. According to the Utah Department of Health, Vignerio was not drunk at the time and said he did not remember being thrown. No arrests were made, and the sheriff’s office said they did not investigate the case.[4]
Trial Proceedings _________________________________________________ [6] On April 8, 2003 a jury found Doug MacDougherty guilty on felony assault and three counts of aggravated battery. In the statement in support of the acquittal was the statement the prosecutor made: That the victim was a woman who was not a husband; that she was never married to her husband; that Doug was an avid hunter in this country; that she was not a criminal. The prosecutors stated that for a short time after Doug was killed their investigation found three or four more witnesses who claimed to be relatives of the suspect. After the trial Doug and his lawyer, Bruce Mollenke, filed a petition with the court asking for a restraining order before the judge to keep the defendant in custody pending the trial. Doug’s trial was postponed until November of 2002 after the prosecution petition was filed. The following is the transcript of the hearing: On Wednesday the 12th of November 2002, Doug MacDougherty was questioned for 11 minutes by the judge on the second part of the case that resulted in the conviction on the first of those charges on March 25 and June 6, 2004. Doug testified that he knew Doug MacDougherty, was there for the family. The judge read the statement: It was Doug and we knew as young girls we were in our mid 30s and were raised as brothers in a ranch in Santa Cruz Arizona. Doug said Doug and I were together in the ranch. The judge gave Doug an opportunity to respond. Doug said he was worried that I and my parents would go crazy for our family and that
Last name 2a support group, serving families of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease victims (Kilzer). Tracies letter was written in January of 1999.Tracie was twenty-eight years old at the time, and Doug was thirty years old. They have two girls, Sharon who is eight years old and Rilee who is three years old. They live about thirty miles north of Salt Lake City, Utah. Doug started having problems in the early summer. One of the first events was he forgot how to spell his name. Then he forgot little things, like to bring home some milk and even though Tracie called. He started having trouble getting all of his paper work done, so Tracie was doing his monthly expense report. About a month later, she noticed that he was having a hard time doing basic math. By the end of July, Doug was terrible. He went to Idaho on a business trip and was late calling home because he could not remember their phone number. When Tracie asked why he did not use directory assistance, he claimed he could not remember how to spell their last name (Kilzer).
By the middle of August, he could barely work. He blamed it on stress from traveling for work. He thought a new job might help, so Tracie typed his resignation because he could not remember how to use a computer. When he was looking for a new job, they found out that he could not fill out an application by himself. By the end of the month, they sold their mobile home that they lived in while finishing college and were going to move into the house they have just built, but Doug had no job. Tracie had not found a teaching contract yet. She decided to take him to the doctor when some friends came to help them move, and Doug did not know who they were. Dougs resignation lost their insurance, so the kind house builder gave back all the money they put down. The
Last name 3family practitioner took blood tests. The test came back negative, and they were then sent to a psychologist. The psychologist claimed that Doug was depressed or had conversion disorder (meaning life had become too stressful, and all problems were in his head, mentally so he could get out of work). Tracie knew that the doctor was wrong, so the psychologist recommended a neurologist (Kilzer).
The first time Tracie heard of CJD was from the neurologist. When they met, the neurologist said, “I know what you are worrying about, but he is too young, and this disease is too rare”. After he said