Mad cow disease in cattle and $\mathrm{Cr}$ Jacob disease in humans are due to infection by

Mad cow disease in cattle and $\mathrm{Cr}$ Jacob disease in humans are due to infection by
  1. Bacterium
  2. Virus
  3. Viroid
  4. Prion

Solution

Mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy) and $\mathrm{Cr}$. Jacob disease in humans are caused by misfolded, Infectious protein particle called Prion. These are proteins which attack neural tissues, generally.

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