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  1. BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) is a progressive neurological disorder of cattle that results from infection by an unusual transmissible agent called a prion. The nature of the transmissible agent is not well understood. Currently, the most accepted theory is that the agent is a modified form of a normal protein known as prion protein ...

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      Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), or Mad Cow Disease....

  2. Jul 23, 2020 · "Bovine" means that the disease affects cows, "spongiform" refers to the way the brain from a sick cow looks spongy under a microscope, and "encephalopathy" indicates that it is a disease of the ...

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  4. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE ), commonly known as mad cow disease, is an incurable and invariably fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. [2] Symptoms include abnormal behavior, trouble walking, and weight loss. [1] Later in the course of the disease, the cow becomes unable to function normally. [1]

    • Abnormal behavior, trouble walking, weight loss, inability to move
    • 4–5 years after exposure
    • None
    • A type of prion
  5. Feb 6, 2024 · Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a neurological disease in cattle that gets worse over time. Instead of viruses or bacteria, it's caused by an infection from an ...

  6. Brain, Nerves and Spine. Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a disease that was first found in cattle. It's related to a disease in humans called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). Both disorders are universally fatal brain diseases caused by a prion. A prion is a protein particle that lacks DNA (nucleic acid).

  7. A. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), sometimes referred to as "mad cow disease", is a chronic degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of cattle. The disease belongs to the group of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, which also includes scrapie of sheep and goats and chronic wasting disease (CWD) of elk and deer. Q.

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