(pathology, neurology) A fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues.
The epidemiological data so far available suggest that bovine spongiform encephalopathy may be eliminated within about six years.
Nykyisin käytettävissä olevien epidemiologisten tietojen mukaan naudan spongiforminen enkefalopatia voidaan hävittää noin kuudessa vuodessa.EurLex-2 EurLex-2