regarding Mad Cow or Hoof and Mouth Disease?

Question

has science ever tried to sequester
the animals for an incubation period?

like puttting them into hospital
wards--but for animals?

where diseases cannot jump animal to animal.

Answer 1

Mad cow isn't contagious. It comes from eating brains of previously infected cows. Hoof and mouth is so contagious they probably wouldn't want to take the chance. I don't know if they have ever been treated though.

Answer 2

With BSE (mad cow), the incubation period can last for YEARS, during which time, there is no sign that the animal is infected.