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bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
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bovine spongiform encephalopathy: see prion prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Well-known prion diseases are Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and kuru in humans, scrapie in sheep, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also called "mad cow disease," in cattle, and chronic wasting disease in deer and ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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The firm is said to have developed this product in recognition of the fact that manufacturers in some regions and markets are concerned with the use of animal-derived organic additives as a potential source of BSE (bovine spongeform encephalopathy, a. The first case of spongiform encephalopathy in a zebu (Bos indicus) was identified in a zoo in Switzerland. Recently, however, to avoid the risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease) and viruses from animal sources such as avian influenza, a growing number of consumers prefer products made from non-animal sources. |
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