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bovine spongiform encephalopathy
noun[ U ]
medical specializeduk /ˌbəʊ.vaɪn ˌspʌn.dʒɪ.fɔːm en.kef.əˈlɒp.ə.θi//ˌbəʊ.vaɪn ˌspʌn.dʒɪ.fɔːm en.sef.əˈlɒp.ə.θi/ us /ˌboʊ.vaɪn ˌspʌn.dʒə.fɔːrm en.sef.əˈlɑː.pə.θi/(abbreviationBSE)
a brain disease in cattle(= male and female cows) that causes the death of the animal. It can cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans:
The disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, caused a cattle epidemic costing millions of pounds.
Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, is a disease that attacks a cow's nervous system.
vCJD was first linked to eating beef infected with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in 1996.
Health officials confirmed that a dairy cow had tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, a fatal brain-wasting disease.
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Synonym
mad cow disease
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