Prions cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (or “mad cow disease” in cattle) by rearranging the structure of normal proteins in their own image.

朊病毒通过按照自身结构重建正常蛋白结构来引发雅克氏病（或在牛身上引发“疯牛病”）。

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The fact that no cases of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease have been linked to eating farmed fish does not assure that feeding rendered cow parts to fish is safe.

事实上没有一个克雅氏病案例与食用养殖鱼类有关，但并不能保证牛的副产品饲养鱼是安全的。

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Prions cause a number of fatal diseases such as mad cow disease in cattle, scrapie in sheep and kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans.

朊病毒是一种畸形的蛋白质，导致一些致命的疾病：如疯牛病，羊痒病，人类库鲁和克雅氏病(CJD, vCJD)。

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Doctors in Kentucky say eating squirrel brains is linked to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (better known as mad-cow disease).

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By the time he dies of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease he cannot speak or feed himself, or comprehend what has become of him.

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Eating contaminated meat or some other animal products from cattle that have BSE is thought to be the cause of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

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