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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
BSE or "Mad Cow Disease" is a progressive, fatal disease of the nervous
system of cattle. It is what is known as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE).
Other TSEs include scrapie in sheep, chronic wasting disease in deer and elk, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease (CJD) in humans. Although the exact cause of BSE is unknown, it is associated
with the presence of an abnormal protein called a prion. There is no treatment or vaccine
currently available for the disease.
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