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n. - A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.

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  • Three words: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, aka BSE or mad cow disease.
  • (Jan. 26, 2007) - Do genes affect bovine spongiform encephalopathy -- also known as BSE, or "mad cow" disease?
  • In the last year, we have tested 20,526 head of cattle for BSE, which is triple the level of the previous year of 2002.
  • It touched an intra-day high of Rs 57.4 on the BSE, which is 109 per cent higher than its previous day's close of Rs 21.4.
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