BSE

¹ American

abbreviation

bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

B.S.E. ² American

abbreviation

Also B.S.Ed. Bachelor of Science in Education.
Also B.S.Eng. Bachelor of Science in Engineering.

BSE British

abbreviation

Informal name: mad cow disease. bovine spongiform encephalopathy: a fatal slow-developing disease of cattle, affecting the nervous system. It is caused by a prion protein and is thought to be transmissable to humans, causing a variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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She says the outbreak of BSE, or mad cow disease, that affected beef in the 1990s was more worrying because it could affect humans.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Elsewhere in Asia, India’s BSE Sensex was down 0.3%, with the country’s currency, the rupee, slipping to yet another fresh low against the dollar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

So far this year, 191 IPOs have been launched on the BSE, including 77 on the mainboard, exchange data show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

It has cited legal support given to former ministers during public inquiries into the Grenfell Tower fire, the BSE disease outbreak in cattle, and infected blood products as examples of precedents.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2023

Indian stock exchange on Saturday revised Jio Financial Services' circuit filter from 5% to 20% and the filter will be effective from Monday, BSE said in a notification.

From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2023

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