Preferred Name

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Synonyms
Definitions

A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cattle associated with abnormal prion proteins in the brain. Affected animals develop excitability and salivation followed by ATAXIA. This disorder has been associated with consumption of SCRAPIE infected ruminant derived protein. This condition may be transmitted to humans, where it is referred to as variant or new variant CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME (MeSH).

ID

http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/birnlex_12690

acronym

BSE

createdDate

2007-10-05

definingCitation

Vet Rec 1998 Jul 25;143(41):101-5

definition

A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cattle associated with abnormal prion proteins in the brain. Affected animals develop excitability and salivation followed by ATAXIA. This disorder has been associated with consumption of SCRAPIE infected ruminant derived protein. This condition may be transmitted to humans, where it is referred to as variant or new variant CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME (MeSH).

hasBirnlexCurator

http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/readable/Bill_Bug

hasCurationStatus

http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/readable/uncurated

hasDefinitionSource

http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/readable/MeSH_defSource

hasExternalSource

http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/readable/MeSH

label

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

MeshUid

D016643

modifiedDate

2007-10-05

preferred label

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

synonym

Mad Cow Disease

subClassOf

http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/birnlex_12686

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