Spongiform

Now, just like CJD, CWD, and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Laboratories have now CONFIRMED the presence of prions in the muscle meat venison.

Top 4 Enjoyable Unusual Meats You Should Try | Manolith 2010

In 2004, as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) ruled that beef could no longer be processed this way, because testing showed that parts of the bovine central nervous system ended up in the meat.

Hemi Weingarten: Guess What's In The Picture [Foodlike Substance] 2009

The passive RFID technology could be used to identify and track cows to reduce financial losses from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease) scares.

RFID tattoos for tracking cows ... and people 2007

The only reason her parents named her Katrina is because Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, commonly known as Mad-Cow Disease, was already taken.

A terribly painful conversation. Ann Althouse 2009

Three words: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, aka BSE or mad cow disease.

Kerry Trueman: Meat Takes a Beating, Gets a Blessing on Larry King 2009

BSE, or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy was the new buzzword for a new disease.

The Mad Cow Epidemic is here to stay. 2008

In the European Union, government-mandated testing of seemingly healthy cattle approved for slaughter turned up over 1,100 of cases of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow between 2001 and 2006 preventing these infected cattle from entering the European food chain.

Meatpacker and USDA battle over right to test for mad cow disease 2008

Certain classes of mutants appear in different populations (ethnic/regional), likely to reflect a resistant survivor of past selection by TSE [Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy], a species-crossing, 100% fatal disease transmitted by beta-fold Prions.

Demarcation as Politics 2006

CJD ordinarily strikes people middle-aged or older, literally eating holes into their brains -- like the brains of cows who die from BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), a.k.a. "mad-cow disease."

Hold The Kidney Pie 2008

Another offshoot of BSE, is TSE, or Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy.

The Mad Cow Epidemic is here to stay. 2008