WordNet
bovine spongiform encephalitis
n. a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation [syn: BSE, mad cow disease]
Usage examples of "bovine spongiform encephalitis".
For instance when that vegetarian grazing animal, the cow, was fed meat and offal, bovine spongiform encephalitis infected herds and spread to the perpetrators of the crime.