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BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy: a fatal slow-developing disease of cattle, affecting the nervous system. It is caused by a prion protein and is thought to be transmissable to humans, causing a variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To achieve 95% statistical confidence that the prevalence of sporadic BSE is no greater than 1 per million (i. amp;nbsp; Canada had been deliberating how to strengthen its safeguards against BSE entering the human food and animal feed chains for the past18 months. amp;ldquo;While the United States and Canada have a strong system in place to protect animal and human health, the diagnosis of BSE in an animal born roughly four and half years after the implementation of the 1997 ruminant-to-ruminant feed ban does raise questions that must be answered,” Johanns said. |
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