bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bovine spongiform encephalopathy
1985–90
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In the 1980s, concerns about bovine spongiform encephalopathy — or mad cow disease — took hold across Europe, when cases of the incurable and invariably fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle began to appear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
Known as CWD, the deadly neurological disease kills deer and elk and is similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2021
And in 1989, the government banned imports of beef and lamb from regions, including Britain, affected by bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2020
He was president of the Royal Society from 1995 to 2000, charting a course through crises over bovine spongiform encephalopathy and transgenic crops.
From Nature ● Dec. 11, 2018
World trade in beef was jolted in the 1980s by the discovery of mad cow disease, a fatal brain-wasting disease in cattle, formally known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2013
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