The people had died because they ate meat from infected cows.

A second case of an infected cow was discovered last week and wholesale prices for beef have dropped by 20 percent.

Can humans get a prion disease by eating meat from infected cows?

The infected cow was shipped south to Shiroi as a 2-year-old.

The infected cow improved, her discharge cleared up and she began to milk a bit better.

Other Europeans say they continue to eat meat because stringent rules are in place to keep infected cows out of the food supply.

But people can become sick with it by drinking unpasteurized milk from an infected cow.

The infected cow is five years old and has never been out of the country.

And if you don't believe me, ask that dead infected cow you're drowning in A-1.

If a person does eat nerve tissue from an infected cow, he or she may not feel sick right away.