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Origin of mad cow disease

1985–90

Words nearby mad cow disease

Madang, Madariaga, mad as a hatter, mad as a hornet, madcap, mad cow disease, MADD, madden, maddening, madder, madder family

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How to use mad cow disease in a sentence

Richt says a decade ago he was involved in making cattle resistant to mad cow disease.
Gene editing has made pigs immune to a deadly epidemic|Katie McLean|December 11, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Mad Cow disease was first discovered in Great Britain in 1986.
10 Shocking Facts About Mad Cow Disease||April 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A case of mad cow disease was discovered yesterday in California, sending carnivores across the country into a panic.
10 Shocking Facts About Mad Cow Disease||April 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Mad cow disease is far less common than it was 10 years ago.
10 Shocking Facts About Mad Cow Disease||April 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Cases of Mad Cow Disease in humans or in cows are exceedingly rare in the U.S.
10 Shocking Facts About Mad Cow Disease||April 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for mad cow disease

mad cow disease

noun

an informal name for BSE

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for mad cow disease

mad cow disease

[ măd ]

A degenerative neurologic disease of cattle, thought to be caused by infection-causing agents called prions, in which brain tissues deteriorate and take on a spongy appearance, resulting in abnormal behaviors and loss of muscle control. A variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is transmitted to humans through the eating of infected cattle tissue. Also called bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Cultural definitions for mad cow disease

mad cow disease

A lethal disease that originates in cows and can spread to humans through consumption of affected neural tissue. It is called Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease in humans. It causes the brain to deteriorate through the instrument of an infectious protein called a prion.