NOVA: The Brain Eater - Article that explores the causes of Mad Cow disease, what happens when science faces an unknown pathogen, and the implications for public health. Organophosphate and Mad Cow Disease - Mark Purdey's theory of mad cow disease. BSEInfo.org - A review of literature, research and historical data on these diseases, compiled under the auspices of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. An Explanation of Mad Cow Disease - Mark Purdey argues and presents evidence that BSE, Kuru, and variant Creutzfeld Jakob Disease are caused by manganese poisoning. New Scientist: Absent Prions Blow Hole in BSE Theory - Abstract of an article about the abnormal prion proteins assumed to be the infectious agents. Mad Cow Disease - Educational information from Miller and Levine on prions and mad cow disease. Is Mad Cow Disease Caused by a Bacteria? - Medical hypothesis by Lawrence Broxmeyer, MD. MicrobiologyBytes: The Origin of BSE - Article discussing the theory that cows had contracted the disease by eating feed containing the remains of sheep infected with scrapie. Washington State Department of Agriculture: BSE - Information and resources on Bovine Spongiform encephalopathy. OIE: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - The World Organisation for Animal Health presents statistical information on the BSE situation worldwide.