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mad cow disease  

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  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (bse) is a communicable, chronic, degenerative, and fatal disease that predominantly affects the central nervous system of cattle. Affected animals' brain tissue becomes increasingly damaged by lesions of sponge-like holes that commonly cause animals to exhibit behavioral symptoms such as dementia, aggression, lack of balance, and excessive salivation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy]

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  • bovine spongiform encephalopathy

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