ＢＳＥ

noun

bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease

Veterinary and public health term; commonly referred to as 'mad cow disease' in news reports.

• 日本にほんで初はじめてＢＳＥの感かん染せん牛ぎゅうが確かく認にんされたのは２００１年ねんです。

  The first case of BSE-infected cattle in Japan was confirmed in 2001.

• ＢＳＥは牛うし海かい綿めん状じょう脳のう症しょうの略りゃく称しょうです。

  BSE is an abbreviation for bovine spongiform encephalopathy.