It is not known whether bovine spongiform

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct73% picked this

   Removing from the herd and destroying any diseased animal as soon as it shows the typical

   Why this is right

   This matches our prephrase. The point of the paragraph is that any cow could have the disease and, therefore, transmit it before ever showing symptoms. This is actually similar to what was happening during COVID. We would expect the correct answer to follow up on this idea and connect the inability to detect disease by saying something like, "You can't get rid of BSE by only isolating/treating cows who show symptoms because they could have had and been spreading the disease before that ever happens."

   Skill tested: Most Supported · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   73%
2. B

   Opposite5% picked this

   Developing a drug that kills the agent that causes BSE, and then treating with that drug all cattle

   This plan could actually work. By saying all cattle that might have the disease, they include cows that both show and don't show symptoms.

   5%
3. C

   Opposite6% picked this

   Destroying all cattle in areas where BSE occurs and raising cattle only in areas to which BSE is

   This could still work. If there is a region that was infected, any cattle in that region might have it whether they show symptoms or not and would be destroyed. There is no reason to think that the disease would occur in regions where BSE is not known to have spread so you could possibly destroy the disease this way.

   6%
4. D

   Opposite2% picked this

   Developing a vaccine that confers lifelong immunity against BSE and giving it to all cattle, destroying in due course all those animals for which

   This could work. The vaccine would be distributed to all cows, whether they show symptoms or not. By destroying any cow that could be carrying the disease and vaccinating all of the others, the disease could be eradicated.

   2%
5. E

   Opposite14% picked this

   Developing a diagnostic test that does identify any infected animal and destroying all animals found

   This could work. If there is a test that can detect BSE whether or not cows show disease and you destroy the ones that are infected, you could eradicate the disease.

   14%