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The causative agent of mad cow disease is a ___________.

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Virus
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Bacterium
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Prion
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Worm
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Solution

The correct option is C Prion
Mad cow disease is also called as bovine spongiform encephalopathy. It is a fatal neurodegenerative disease in cattle, that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and the spinal cord. The infectious agent in mad-cow disease is a specific misfolded protein, called as prion.
Thus, the correct answer is option (C), 'Prion'.

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