Scientist warns of human mad cow link

Title

Scientist warns of human mad cow link

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

24 May 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:21

Description

A leading scientist is claiming that people are dying from an illness linked to mad cow disease. Dr Gareth Roberts says Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is often mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease, or senility, so there may be many more cases than previously thought. Roberts is one of a group of medical experts that is campaigning for a ban on the feeding of cattle or sheep offal to pigs. Simon Bowden reports.

Contributors

Simon Bowden; Gareth Roberts

Keywords

Deaths; Pigs; Health; Farming; Sheep; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Cattle; Brain diseases; Meat products; Animal nutrition; Animal diseases

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