tish herds suffered 165,000 cases, the world's largest epidemic of the disease. To date 158,882 cattle, from 33,292 farms, have been killed due to being suspected of having TSE. A decision must be made as to whether or not to slaughter all the twelve million cattle in Britain. The syndrome in the cow includes changes in posture and temperament apprehension, and loss of coordination. "As the TSE progresses, the brain typically becomes riddled with sponge like holes" (Denise, 1997 p.62).
             Research and study suggests that the disease was transmitted in cattle feed. Declaring that other feeds are too expensive, it seems that cattle farmers have selected chicken manure, and remains from scrape-infected sheep carcasses as the first choice among possible cattle feed. "Rather than pay $125 a ton for alfalfa, ranchers are purchasing chicken manure at $15 to $45 a ton" (Abdul Allah, 1997 p5). Adding to the concerns, that disease can survive very high temperatures; Cooking does not destroy it.
             The puzzle of Mad Cow disease is still a big concern for British as well as many other countries, which raises fears over the safety of beef. Consumers are worried whether beef is safe to eat. "Steak almost certainly is. Experiments on all forms of prion disease have not yet detected any infection in muscle. Even if there are nerves in the meat, they do not carry the disease because they are outside the central nervous system. The danger lies in eating pies, burgers and sausages which might have bits of infectious brain or spinal cord in them". (Made in Britain, 1996, P17).
             Not only Britain, but our society, too, has come to fear beef safety. More than twenty nations have stopped their imports of British beef, especially when the British government has finally admitted a probable link between Mad Cow disease and humans. British exports are still devastated and that has resulted in dried-up export markets that were wo...