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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
(redirected from bovine spongiform encephalitis)

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bovine spongiform encephalopathy
n. Abbr. BSE
An infectious degenerative brain disease occurring in cattle. Also called mad cow disease.

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
A progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system of domestic animals. It is transmitted by eating infected food. Also known as Mad Cow disease.
Mentioned in: Zoonosis

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from 1997-1999 due to a rise in the incidence of bovine spongiform encephalitis, the so-called mad cow disease.
from 1997-1999 due to a rise in the incidence of bovine spongiform encephalitis, the so-called mad cow disease.
 
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