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Mad cow disease may have come from feeding British cattle meal contaminated with human remains infected with a variation of the disease.  v U.S. to Toughen Mad Cow Safeguards after Case in Texas      The U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) has now formally closed its investigation of the first native U.S. case of mad cow disease, in June this year. v Mad-cow Disease Came from South Asia: Lancet Paper      The epidemic of mad-cow disease that struck Europe originated in exports of animal feed and bones from South Asia that included human remains scavenged from the Ganges. ·USDA Probe Ends With No New Mad Cow Cases  ·Feds Unable to Pin Down Source of Mad Cow

What Is Mad Cow Disease?      Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is the scientific term for a disease which affects the brains of cattle. Soon after BSE was first discovered in the United Kingdom, it became more commonly known as "mad cow disease," most likely because of the emotional response it generated with the public.

	BSE - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy "Mad Cow Disease"      BSE: bovine TSE: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is a fatal disease that affects the brain of cattle CJD: human TSE: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a prion disease in humans TSE-related Terms and Abbreviations      There are numerous TSE-related terms and abbreviations used within this site or within the literature; for simplicity most are defined or described as used relative to material: An Historic Timeline of TSEs      An Historic Timeline of Important Events Related to the Discovery, Development and Understanding of TSEs. Can't Happen in US?      Could mad cow disease jump the Atlantic, infect the U.S. cattle herd, and then infect people? Not likely, say some experts, but others are more cautious.	v A Beef with Beef      Years after it was supposedly vanquished, mad cow disease, the brain infection that kills cows and some people who eat them, is on a comeback. v Back in the UK      In 1986, cows in Great Britain began drooling and staggering. Some were pathologically nervous, others bizarrely aggressive. v Meet the Pathogens      Ameba A one-celled animal that changes shape as it moves about. It's propelled by pseudopodia, temporary "feet" that form from bulges from the cell membrane. v The Sad Tale of Kuru  v But Does It Make 'em Sick?  v One Heretical Hypothesis  v Rocky Mountain Mauler	The 10th Planet  Shuttle Launch  Typhoon Haitang  Deep Impact

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