Cruise ship captain dies in Texas of what some reporters are calling "mad cow disease"

[Emily]

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/...t-in-SoCal-Death-Dies-in-Texas-503969901.html

[h=1]Murder-For-Hire-Suspect in SoCal Death Dies in Texas[/h] [h=2][/h] [h=3]By Associated Press[/h] [h=3]Published Jan 6, 2019 at 8:10 AM | Updated at 10:56 AM PST on Jan 6, 2019[/h] A murder-for-hire suspect till the end, John Litchfield -- the longtime lover of a fellow Galveston cruise ship captain imprisoned for stealing an infant's identity -- has died of mad cow disease in a Friendswood nursing home...

 

[Emily]

This likely refers to the news above.

http://frontporchnewstexas.com/inde...epresented-by-texas-farm-bureaus-mike-miesse/ [h=1]YOUR TEXAS AGRICULTURE MINUTE: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and ?mad cow? not the same Presented by Texas Farm Bureau?s Mike Miesse[/h] by Front Porch News January 11, 2019 9:44 am

 

[alert]

Most likely a sporadic or familiar case of CJD, not a variant one, especially with no obvious exposure for vCJD.

 

[bertrand789]

http://www.afsca.be/laboratoires/labinfo/_documents/2011-05-31_LABINFO6-p11_fr.pdf