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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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

An isolated case of classical BSE - or mad cow disease - was discovered on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway in May.

From BBC

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

Mr Tierney 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

The government 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

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