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.

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mad cow disease - a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation

bovine spongiform encephalitis, BSE

animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings

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mad cow disease

n → Rinderwahnsinn m

mad cow disease n → encefalite f bovina spongiforme

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