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BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy)

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease (encephalopathy) in cattle that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and spinal cord. (Wikipedia)

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Prion diseases
N/ACattle

This term is used for the following terms: 
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Mad cow disease

Approved Date
18-Dec-2013

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