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What British animals were driven mad by a disease called bovine spongiform encephalopathy?
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Cows.
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy called by the british press in 1996?
Mad cow disease
What disease in farm animals is the failure of electro conduction in the brain?
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy.
A serious disease of sheep and cattle?
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy: Scrapie in sheep and Mad Cow disease (or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)
What is a disease of cattle or sheep?
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy: Scrapie in sheep and Mad Cow disease (or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), cows can get TB and sheep can get foot and mouth
How does bovine spongiform encephalopathy occur at a molecular level?
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, occurs only at a molecular level in one species, as any other communicable disease does. It is also known as Mad Cow Disease.
What is the full form of FSE?
Feline spongiform encephalopathy a disease caused by prions in cats.
What is mad cow in latin?
Mad Cow Disease is a layman's term for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.
What is a human form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy?
The human form of the disease is called variant Creutzfeld-Jacobs Disease, or vCJD.
Do only goats and sheep get scrapie disease?
Goats and sheep can get scrapie, a transmissable spongiform encephalopathy (TSE). Other animals can get TSE's but they are called different names eg Mad Cow Disease etc
What is a well known prion disease?
There are multiple prion diseases, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or "mad cow disease."
What is a disease in cattle associated with prions?
One disease of cattle caused by a prion is BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) aka Mad Cow Disease
Who called bovine spongiform encephalopathy mad cow disease?
The term "mad cow disease" was a field name for the disease until laboratory testing gave it the more descriptive name of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (based on the signature lesions in the brain tissues). Media outlets preferred the term "mad cow disease" because it was more sensational and easier for the general public to understand.
