spongiform

• “CJD results in the brain literally being turned into sponge-like, hole-filled tissue (the reason the disease is also known as spongiform encephalopathy).”

  Organic Consumers Association News Headlines

• “In describing the sponge-like ( "spongiform") nature of brains of infected animals, the vet mentioned "Holes in the brain are not good, not conducive to long life.”

  grouse Diary Entry

• “They suggested that such "spongiform" brain disorders were caused not by conventional agents such as viruses and bacteria, but a novel type of infectious agent: a rogue protein.”

  Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

• “Because of the "primitive" appearance of the heart, it is sometimes called "spongiform" or "embryonal" cardiomyopathy, and is thought to be caused by incomplete heart cell maturation.”

  Cardiomyopathy

• “CWD belongsto a family of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs).”

  Anti-Deer-Hunting Billboard Goes Up in Kansas City

• “Dirty, crowded conditions on factory farms can propagate sickness and disease among the animals, including swine influenza (H1N1), avian influenza (H5N1), foot-and-mouth disease, and mad-cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy).”

  The Huffington Post: Danielle Nierenberg: Global Meat Production and Consumption Continue to Rise

• “Over the past decade, Spain has tightened controls on beef in large part following an outbreak of “mad cow disease” (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) in the late 1990s and early 2000s.”

  Basque officials insist their beef is clenbuterol-free

• “Disease, however, can also curtail U.S. exports, which is what happened in 2004 after an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, known as mad-cow disease.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Meat Prices Continue Their Bull Run

• “New variant Creutzfeld-Jacob disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy.”

  Mad-cow Disease

• “In South Korea, imports of U.S. beef have led to riots; opponents say they fear imports are infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy — mad cow disease.”

  The Wall Street Journal: U.S., Korea Move to Revive Stalled Free-Trade Pact as Deadline Nears

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