Mad cow disease in cattle is caused by an organism which has:

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Mad cow disease in cattle is caused by an organism which has:

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Mad cow disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) and its human variant (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) are caused by prions. Prions are infectious agents consisting entirely of abnormally folded proteins. They do not contain any nucleic acid.

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Mad cow disease in cattle is caused by an organism which has:

A

Inert crystalline structure

B

Abnormally folded protein

C

Free RNA without protein coat

D

Free DNA without protein coat

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