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Common name for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a cattle disease that causes the brain to waste away. It takes about 4-7 years for cattle to show symptoms of the disease after being exposed to it, but once symptoms become visible the cattle die within weeks. One way this disease is spread is by feeding the meat from infected cattle to other cattle (meat from infected sheep may also cause the disease). ...
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| mad cow disease |
The common term used for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). In March 1996, the British government announced a possible link between BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, a sporadic and rare but fatal human disease that usually strikes people over 65. It occurs worldwide at an estimated annual rate of 1 case per 1,000,000 population. About 10 percent to 15 percent of CJD cases are inherited. ...
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| mad cow disease |
Known formally as bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The disease causes unsteady gait, nervousness and loss of milk production. The disease swept Europe in the 1980s and 1990s, and its cause has been linked to cattle feed that included ground cattle and sheep remains.
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