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BSE

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BSE
abbr.
bovine spongiform encephalopathy

BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy: a fatal virus disease of cattle
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.BSEBSE - a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation
animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings
Translations
Spanish BSE n abbr (= bovine spongiform encephalopathy) → encefalopatía espongiforme bovina
French BSE n abbr (= bovine spongiform encephalopathy) → ESB f, BSE f
German BSE n abbr (= bovine spongiform encephalopathy) → BSE f
Italian BSE n abbr (= bovine spongiform encephalopathy) → encefalite f bovina spongiforme

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To achieve 95% statistical confidence that the prevalence of sporadic BSE is no greater than 1 per million (i.
amp;nbsp;   Canada had been deliberating how to strengthen its safeguards against BSE entering the human food and animal feed chains for the past18 months.
amp;ldquo;While the United States and Canada have a strong system in place to protect animal and human health, the diagnosis of BSE in an animal born roughly four and half years after the implementation of the 1997 ruminant-to-ruminant feed ban does raise questions that must be answered,” Johanns said.
 
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