Apocalypse cow. (Updates).Despite widespread concern about the epidemic of mad cow disease mad cow disease: see prion. mad cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) Fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Symptoms include behavioral changes (e.g. that began in Great Britain (see "It Could Happen Here," feature, July/August 2001), this virulent killer has continued to spread internationally. Japan and Israel, the two non-European countries to report cases of mad cow disease in native cattle, identify contaminated feed as the likely route of infection. Japan has reported three cases since September 2001. Following last June's confirmation of Israel's first case of mad cow disease--affecting a 10-year-old Holstein in the Golan Heights--an Israeli Agriculture Ministry statement estimated the possibility of the disease spreading to be "two or three per million." There have been no reported traces of mad cow disease in the United States, but the discovery in suburban Colorado last June of a mule deer mule deer Large-eared deer (Odocoileus hemionus) of western North America that lives alone or in small groups at high altitudes in summer and lower altitudes in winter. Mule deer stand 3–3. with chronic wasting disease Noun 1. chronic wasting disease - a wildlife disease (akin to bovine spongiform encephalitis) that affects deer and elk animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings (CWD CWD chronic wasting disease. ), a mad cow relative, shows that affliction to be moving closer and closer to large human settlements. CONTACT: United States Department of Agriculture United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), n.pr established in 1862, USDA is responsible for the safety of meat, poultry, and egg products. It conducts ongoing research in areas from human nutrition to new crop technologies and also helps ensure open , (301)734-7799, www.aphis.usda. gov/oa/bse. |
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