Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease, caused by a prion, that mainly affects cattle. Other ruminants, cats, nonhuman primates and humans are …

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a progressive neurological disease of cattle. It is caused by prions, which are infectious agents made up of protein material. The prion proteins …

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a fatal neurological disease of adult cattle that was first recognised in Great Britain (GB) in 1986. It is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy …

This document describes the procedures used to implement the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Ongoing Surveillance Program. This procedures manual is meant to be …

It is clear that BSE is a food borne disease associated with feed (e.g. meat and bone meal) derived from TSE affected animals. Other countries have experienced cases of BSE, either in …

BSE is one of a group of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE). Other TSEs include scrapie in sheep, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and elk, and …

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system of cattle caused by the accumulation of an abnormal protein.

Bovine spongiform encepha-lopathy (en-CEF-A-LOP-a-thee), also called BSE or “mad cow disease,” is a disease that afects the brain of cattle and humans. Most scientists believe that it …

What is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy? A. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), sometimes referred to as “mad cow disease”, is a chronic degenerative disease affecting the …

BSE is a progres-sive, fatal disease of the nervous system of cattle. The disease was first reported in the United Kingdom in 1986 and has been reported in Europe, Asia, the Middle …