British scientists have made a big joke about mad cow disease for five years

Introduction: British newspapers published a piece of ironic news on the 19th For five years, British scientists have been using bovine brain rather than sheep brain samples to study whether sheep will also be infected with BSE Once the news was released, it immediately attracted the strong attention of the government, the media and the public Scientists at the Edinburgh School of veterinary medicine began the research project in 1997 to analyze the brain of sheep to see if they could get mad cow disease as well as cattle after eating contaminated feed The sheep brain samples used for the experiment were provided by the government's veterinary laboratory in the early 1990s During the experiment, some scientists suspected that the sample was contaminated, so they sent the sample to be tested The results were astonishing For five years, they have been experimenting with cow brain as sheep brain by mistake After years of hard work, scientists can imagine their mood After the incident, the relevant government departments were very embarrassed The results of the research, which was scheduled to be held on the 19th, announced that the conference had been cancelled in a hurry The authorities immediately ordered the establishment of an investigation team composed of independent scientists to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the incident (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: