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Q. The causative agent of mad-cow disease is a

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Prions are the infective proteinaceous particles. This term was proposed by Prusiner. The prions cause some neurological diseases in animals (including humans) e.g., Mad cow disease in cattle and in humans it causes Kuru disease, Kreutzfeldt-Jacob disease, etc.