Scotland’s BSE case is a reminder that many more may be out there
BSE can lurk undetectedCatherine MacBride/Getty By Debora MacKenzie Mad cow disease is down but not out. A case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the cattle infection that causes the lethal human brain disease vCJD, was confirmed on 18 October in the UK. The cow had died unexpectedly on a farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, so was… Read More »