bovine spongiform encephalopathy

短语

牛海绵状脑病

发音

UK /ˈbəʊ̯.vaɪ̯n ˈspʌn.d͡ʒɪ.fɔːm ɛn.sə.fəˈlɒ.pə.θɪ/
其它

别名

BSE

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues.

    牛海绵状脑病

    疯牛病

    不可数 医学

    The outbreaks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) have limited some traditional uses of cattle for food, for example the eating of brains or spinal cords.