spongiform

• She kept using the word spongiform as if it would frighten her Paula already knew all this, and more. —  Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 111] - Issue 06 - December 2006
• OTTAWA -- Canadian food inspection officials have confirmed that yet another cow has been diagnosed with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
• Mad cow disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, is an always-fatal neurological illness contracted from eating infected meat. —  The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers
• However, recently rendering has become more regulated and restricted, primarily due to concerns over bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). —  TheHorse.com News
• Scientists at the Public Health Agency of Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory (NML), working with others from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the University of Manitoba and Germany's Federal Research Institute of Animal Health report that changed levels of this protein indicate the presence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) with "100 per cent accuracy," albeit in a small sample set. —  The Galloping Beaver

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