mad cow disease
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How to use mad cow disease in a sentence
Richt says a decade ago he was involved in making cattle resistant to mad cow disease.
Gene editing has made pigs immune to a deadly epidemic | Katie McLean | December 11, 2020 | MIT Technology Reviewmad cow disease was first discovered in Great Britain in 1986.
A case of mad cow disease was discovered yesterday in California, sending carnivores across the country into a panic.
mad cow disease is far less common than it was 10 years ago.
Cases of mad cow disease in humans or in cows are exceedingly rare in the U.S.
British Dictionary definitions for mad cow disease
an informal name for BSE
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Scientific definitions for mad cow disease
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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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Cultural definitions for mad cow disease
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