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That’s because in the 1980s, a prion disease in sheep, known as scrapies — which humans do not seem to get — moved into cows, and soon people throughout the United Kingdom, France and elsewhere were becoming infected with mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
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Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Recognizing that mad cow disease was 50 times as likely to be present in downer cows as in ambulatory animals, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered the largest meat recall in American history, covering 143 million pounds of beef.
—Wayne Pacelle, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
In 1989, the United States banned lamb and beef imports from Britain after an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, otherwise known as mad cow disease.
—Remy Tumin, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Chinese authorities suspended the exports in November after Irish veterinary officials discovered a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.
—Sylvia Hui, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
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Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Recognizing that mad cow disease was 50 times as likely to be present in downer cows as in ambulatory animals, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered the largest meat recall in American history, covering 143 million pounds of beef.
—Wayne Pacelle, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
In 1989, the United States banned lamb and beef imports from Britain after an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, otherwise known as mad cow disease.
—Remy Tumin, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Chinese authorities suspended the exports in November after Irish veterinary officials discovered a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.
—Sylvia Hui, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
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“Mad cow disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mad%20cow%20disease. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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