[DOC] [TLE] Bovine spongiform encephalopathy - Wikipedia [PAR] Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow 
disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease (encephalopathy) in cattle that 
causes a spongy degeneration of the brain and spinal cord. ... A British and Irish 
inquiry into BSE concluded the epizootic was caused by cattle, which are 
normally... [DOC] [TLE] Is Mad Cow Already Killing Thousands In US Every Year? - Rense [PAR] After a brain biopsy showed it was Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, his doctor could no 
... These were the first five named victims of Britain's Mad Cow epidemic. ... 
caused by eating beef from cows infected with Mad Cow disease, though, 
seemed to ... CJD they can't necessarily conclude that it's not linked to [Mad Cow 
disease]. [DOC] [TLE] UK NEWS - Official Mad Cow Disease Home Page [PAR] Various agencies have had contingency plans since 1996 and 1997, but the new 
... About 90 people have died from a brain-wasting disease in the United ... 
Representatives of Minnesota's beef and dairy industries will be invited to ... At its 
peak, the leather industry in Maine employed 45,000 people, according to reports
. [DOC] [TLE] UK NEWS - Official Mad Cow Disease Home Page [PAR] Irish beef is as likely to be infected with BSE as British beef according to a ... The 
report is set to provoke an angry response from the Irish farming industry still 
reeling ... The agency estimates 22,000 Irish cattle were infected between 1985 
and 1996, ... Mad Cow disease, whose brain-wasting human variant Creutzfeld-
Jacob... [DOC] [TLE] CNN.com - The spread of mad cow disease - Dec. 23, 2003 [PAR] Dec 24, 2003 ... Canadian cattle have also been infected with the disease. ... Britain bans human 
consumption of certain offal, including brain, ... 1996 British government admits 
for the first time that BSE could be ... Canada introduces new safeguards against 
mad cow disease to force its crippled beef sector to remove risky... [DOC] [TLE] mad cow disease and cjd - Organic Consumers Association [PAR] Mad-Cow.org Archives 1996- Mar. ... 11/27 US slaughter method blows brain 
throughout carcass; 11/26 United .... June, 2001 Proposed Federal chronic 
wasting disease program ... 6/14 U.K. origin likely if mad cow hits U.S., scientist 
claims ... 4/5 Beef industry response to mad cow testing article .... It's the wrong 
question [DOC] [TLE] Articles about Cow Disease - tribunedigital-baltimoresun - Collections [PAR] Find breaking news, commentary, and archival information about Cow Disease ... 
herd where a 6-year-old cow was found with the crippling brain ailment, ... Fearful 
Britain loses appetite for beef Traditional fare is shunned in scare over ... the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture was in fact infected with the brain-wasting disease,... [DOC] [TLE] Chronic Wasting Disease and Potential Transmission to Humans ... [PAR] Jun 6, 2010 ... Chronic wasting disease (CWD) of deer and elk is endemic in a tri-corner area of 
... CWD was first recognized in the captive elk industry in Saskatchewan in 1996, 
but ... changed its pathogenic properties for humans after infecting cattle. ..... risk 
for exposure to potentially CWD-infected deer or elk meat (47). [DOC] [TLE] MC Factoids: New & Recent - Mad Cowboy [PAR] Nov 16, 2006 ... The disease gets its name from the sheep's attempt to "scrape" its fleece ... The 
economic loss to the U.S. cattle industry from the loss of beef imports .... Earlier 
this year, British scientists said the number of people infected could .... a brain-
destroying illness called chronic wasting disease through their saliva,... [DOC] [TLE] madcows.ufo - The Skeptic Tank [PAR] Public concern about infected beef has grown since British scientists found 
evidence in March 1996 that mad cow disease could be transmitted to humans 
as the brain-wasting ... after the European Union banned British beef exports in 
March, 1996. ... British Meat Industry Enraged Over Ban 12-04-97 By Susan 
Cornwell... [DOC] [TLE] 'Surprising' Discovery Made About Chronic Wasting Disease | Food ... [PAR] Jun 1, 2015 ... An infectious brain disease that has been killing deer, elk and moose ...

Question: It's the name for the brain-wasting cattle infection that crippled the British beef industry in 1996
Answer: mad cow disease