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 ...

According to Leon Thacker, director of the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Purdue University, mad cow disease is a popular term given to a disease of cattle known as bovine spongiform ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists express concern over the possibility of the deadly and incurable 'zombie deer' disease affecting humans. The ...