transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

n. Abbr. TSE

Any of a group of neurodegenerative diseases of humans and other animals, including scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, that are thought to be caused by prions and can be transmitted by contact from one individual to another.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

(Veterinary Science) the full name for TSE

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

transmis′sible spon′giform encephalop′athy

any of several encephalopathies, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy, scrapie, and kuru, characterized by spongy degeneration of brain tissue and believed to result from the ingestion of a toxic protein or virus.

[1990–95]

Translations

overførbare svampeagtige hjernesygdomme

übertragbare spongiforme Enzephalopathie

διαβιβάσιμη σπογγοειδής εγκεφαλοπάθεια

encefalopatía spongiforma transmisible

tarttuva sienimäinen aivosairaus

encefalopatia spongiforma transmissibile

zakaźna encefalopatia gąbczasta

трансмиссивная губчатая энцефалопатия

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

CWD, chronic wasting disease; MD, mule deer; WTD, white-tailed deer; NA, not applicable; NS, no clinical transmissible spongiform encephalopathy signs.

Chronic wasting disease agents in nonhuman primates

Scrapie was the first transmissible spongiform encephalopathy described, with reports going back to the 18th century.

Genotyping of ovine prion protein gene (PRNP) variants by PCR with melting curve analysis

Post-mortem testing is being carried out under the EU's transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) monitoring programme.

Tests 'may show first sheep BSE

Possible candidates include sheep scrapie or previously unrecognized sporadic bovine transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. Perhaps that first case came when the remains of a human infected with transmissible spongiform encephalopathy ended up in animal feed.

Soylent cow chow is people!

The proposal is included in new legislation aimed at consolidating and updating existing transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) law.

New law plan for older cattle

This class of diseases are called Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy's or TSE's.

And here's something else to ponder regarding the food chain: line breeding, prions and mad cow disease

A: The requirements aim to prevent the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases by HCT/Ps, by reducing the risk that the HCT/Ps contain communicable disease agents (e.g., viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, and transmissible spongiform encephalopathy agents), and by preventing contamination during manufacturing.

Excerpts of FDA's Q&A for Roll-Out of GTP Final Rule

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare disorder of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy characterized by progressive dementia.

Hearing loss as the initial presentation of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Scientists studying BSE theorized that the origin of the disease was from scrapie, the transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that occurs in sheep that had now been transmitted to cows (Brown).

The fundamentals of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Cyndyn iawn yw'r Llywodraeth i ariannu'r cynllun newydd oherwydd eu bod eisoes yn digolledu yn sgil unrhyw glefyd Enseffalopathi Sbongaidd (TSE - Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy) a'r cynllun anifeiliaid dros 30 mis (cynllun Casualty OTM).

Farming: Cynllun difa anifeiliaid yn creu mwy o helynt ariannol i'r ffermwr

Both Mad Cow and Chronic Wasting Disease are kinds of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE).

Who is to blame for mad deer?