Contaminated beef from cows infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy was the source ... patients may start to present with symptoms of the disease." Prof Smith said the symptoms included ...
It is now clear that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known ... the infection — the time from ingestion to the onset of symptoms — is unknown, we have no idea how many people ...
The diseases include Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease." They affect the brain, disrupting or destroying neurons in large ...