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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad-cow disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease in cattle that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and spinal cord.

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Memories of mad cow She noted that, decades ago, it was believed that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, could not jump into humans. But in the 1990s, human cases (known as ...

This happened with animal prion diseases before, with Mad Cow Disease infecting thousands of people in the mid-1990s in the United Kingdom due to eating meat from infected cows.

Tests on two deer near Cranbrook, B.C., came back positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) — a fatal degenerative brain disease that affects animals in the deer family.

First case of BSE detected in U.S. “Mad cow disease” was first discovered in the United Kingdom, where thousands of cows were affected by an outbreak in the mid-1990s.

The mad cow crisis started 20 years ago this week. For most Canadians, May 20, 2003, means little. But for the beef industry, the situation was nothing less than dreadful.

Alberta's beef industry is reacting to news three countries have banned imports of Canadian beef after an atypical case of mad cow disease was found.

Canada has reported a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in an 8-1/2 year old beef cow in the province of Alberta, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday.

Canada has reported a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in an 8-1/2 year old beef cow in the province of Alberta, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday.

Alberta Agriculture Minister Nate Horner says an older cow has tested positive for atypical BSE. It’s Alberta’s first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease ...