Mad Cow Disease cover

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 9.3
Points 4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 18139
Points per Word 0.000221
Page Count 112
Points per Page 0.035714
Series Diseases and Disorders

Description

This book provides information about the causes of mad cow disease, a fatal illness that affects the brain and central nervous system of cattle, and explains how the infection is transmitted to humans, emphasizing the rarity of the disease in people.