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Descriptor English:   Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform 
Descriptor Spanish:   Encefalopatía Espongiforme Bovina 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Encefalopatia Espongiforme Bovina 
Synonyms English:   Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Mad Cow Disease
Spongiform Encephalopathy, Bovine  
Tree Number:   C10.228.228.800.260
C10.574.843.300
C22.196.250
Definition English:   A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cattle associated with abnormal prion proteins in the brain. Affected animals develop excitability and salivation followed by ATAXIA. This disorder has been associated with consumption of SCRAPIE infected ruminant derived protein. This condition may be transmitted to humans, where it is referred to as variant or new variant CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME. (Vet Rec 1998 Jul 25;143(41):101-5) 
Indexing Annotation English:   if transmitted to man, coord IM (with probably /transm) with specific brain or other neurol dis in text (IM); if transmitted to another species of animal, coord IM (with probably /transm) with animal/dis precoord (IM) + specific animal IM or NIM; DF ENCEPH BOVINE SPONGIFORM
History Note English:   1992 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
embryology enzymology
epidemiology etiology
genetics history
immunology metabolism
microbiology mortality
nursing pathology
prevention & control physiopathology
parasitology psychology
radiography radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy transmission
urine ultrasonography
virology  
Record Number:   30133 
Unique Identifier:   D016643 

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