bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bovine spongiform encephalopathy
1985–90
Example Sentences
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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
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
In 2003, a cow with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, mad cow disease, was found in the western United States.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2016
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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