Can cows get hepatitis?
most all large foraging mammals can get a form of hepatitis. cattle are susceptible to a form of Hepatitis E virus.
Can human catch Hepatitis C virus from other animals?
Not usually. Hepatitis C is basically a human only virus, although chimpanzees can also be infected. Chimpanzees are very nearly human from a biological point of view. So you can't get hep C from a dog or cat or horse. Some viruses can be passed from one species to another. Influenza viruses, for example, commonly pass from birds to humans. But not hep C. You can only get it from other humans, or if you're very unlucky, from a chimp.
Can Hepatitis or HIV (or other nasties) be transmitted in blood fractions?
Yes dear.
What is mad cow disease & what are it's symptoms?
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as Mad-Cow Disease (MCD), is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease in cattle, that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and spinal cord and also causes red eyes. BSE has a long incubation period, about 4 years, usually affecting adult cattle at a peak age onset of four to five years, all breeds being equally susceptible.[1] In the United Kingdom, the country worst affected, more than 179,000 cattle have been infected and 4.4 million slaughtered during the eradication programme.[2] It is believed by most scientists that the disease may be transmitted to human beings who eat the brain or spinal cord of infected carcasses.[3] In humans, it is known as new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD or nvCJD), and by April 2008, it had killed 163 people in Britain, and 37 elsewhere[4] with the number expected to rise because of the disease's long incubation period.[5] Between 460,000 and 482,000 BSE-infected animals had entered the human food chain before controls on high-risk offal were introduced in 1989.[6] A British inquiry into BSE concluded that the epidemic was caused by cattle, who are normally herbivores, being fed the remains of other cattle in the form of meat and bone meal (MBM), which caused the infectious agent to spread.[7][8] The origin of the disease itself remains unknown. The infectious agent is distinctive for the high temperatures at which it remains viable; this contributed to the spread of the disease in Britain, which had reduced the temperatures used during its rendering process.[7] Another contributory factor was the feeding of infected protein supplements to very young calves.[7][9] For more information, you can go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy Hope I helped. :)
Can you get hurt if you eat cow manure ?
I dont think so too. In india decades ago villagers wiped their courtyard with this mixed in water to keep homes infection free. they also made cowdung cakes - mixed with hay and dried to cook over it.so i guess its okey. but see a doc if you find any allergy etc.
What happens when a cow eats a polythene/plastic cover?
Cow is a ruminant. Which means it almost swallows the food and brings it back to mouth when it gets the free time and chews it again before sending it back to the stomach. And the stomach has four chambers. When a cow eats plastic, it gets into the stomach and remains there most of the times. Over a period of time, the plastic gets accumulated and can lead to blockage of the stomach.A blocked stomach in a cow is a very dangerous thing. The cows stomach contains bacteria which helps it to digest the food and the bacteria produces a lot of gas. The movement of the stomach makes the gas to move out. Once the stomach is blocked, this movement is affected and the gas accumulates in the stomach. The result will be a badly bloated stomach leading to a painful death.
Can I get an std from having sex with a cow?
hahaha i guess not an std, I don't think the can jump the species barrier, but maybe some other kind of infection at the very least you should use protection and hopefully is a underage cow also hahaha