BSE

/bˌiːˌɛsˈiː/

BSE

a fatal neurological disease that affects cattle and can occasionally be transmitted to humans as well

Examples

1. Then there was BSE.

2. Furthermore, BSE started in the U.K. because farmers were feeding dead cattle back to cattle, forcing them to cannibalize.

3. I mean we had BSE in the US but not in the same way and it doesn't have the same cultural resonance.

4. But, most cows don't get to live until they're five years old, so BSE is almost never detected.