mad cow disease
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Chronic wasting disease is similar to mad cow disease. — Todd Richmond, Twin Cities, "Midwest wildlife officials meet to strategize chronic wasting disease response," 25 July 2019 Brazilian beef exports to China had been suspended since June 3 after an atypical case of mad cow disease was reported in the state of Mato Grosso. — Washington Post, "Southwest pulls Boeing 737 Max from its schedule for additional month," 13 June 2019 Consider how veterinarians have kept people safe from mad cow disease, a fatal illness that eats away at human brains. — Neil C. Olson, Fortune, "America’s Veterinarian Shortage Is Bad for Animals and Humans Alike," 5 June 2018 But, the most well-known is bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE aka mad cow disease). — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Camels in Africa may have been quietly spreading prion disease for decades," 26 Apr. 2018 Once the prions were passed to cows, the cows developed a prion disease of their own (mad cow disease). — Fiza Pirani, ajc, "Scientists worry brain-wasting ‘zombie deer’ disease could spread to humans," 25 May 2018 The disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE), a family of diseases that includes scrapie, mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob. — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Smith: CWD-positive deer die at three times rate of non-diseased animals in Wisconsin study," 28 Feb. 2018 The disease is similar to mad cow disease, as both are caused by infectious proteins called prions. — Jim Salter, The Seattle Times, "More cases of deer disease in Missouri, but experts hopeful," 20 Jan. 2018 Union Pacific saw its beef shipments fall in 2003, after an outbreak of mad cow disease in the United States prompted China to ban imports of American beef. — Ana Swanson, New York Times, "‘It’s Factory North America,’ but Trump Could Hobble It," 30 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mad cow disease.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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mad cow disease
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of mad cow disease
: a fatal disease that affects the brain and nervous system of cattle
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