Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Mal de la vaca loca
English translation:
Mad cow disease
Added to glossary by
Carmen Garcia Morillo
Aug 26, 2002 17:46
22 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Portuguese to Spanish
mal de la vaca loca
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Enfermedad de animales
Proposed translations
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| 5 +26 | mad cow disease |
Maria Karra
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| 5 +12 | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) |
Karina Pelech
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| 5 +3 | mad cow disease |
Maria Arcelus
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| 5 | mad cow disease |
Heather Drake
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Proposed translations
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Maria Karra
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Engineer & Linguist
Native in: English 
, Greek
Works in: Greek to English, English to Greek, French to English, and 5 more.
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mad cow disease
mad cow disease
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Muchas gracias!"
+3
2 mins
Maria Arcelus
Native in Spanish
Also Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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117
mad cow disease
literal translation
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MikeGarcia
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Gracias, Miguel
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Nikki Graham
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Gracias, Nikki
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Lila del Cerro
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Gracias, Lila
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Karina Pelech
Native in Spanish
Argentinian digital nomad in LatAm
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish
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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), widely known as "mad cow disease," is a chronic, degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of cattle.
BSE belongs to the family of diseases known as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE's). These diseases are caused by a transmissible agent which is yet to be fully characterized. They share the following common characteristics:
a. a prolonged incubation period of months or years;
b. a progressive debilitating neurological illness which is always fatal;
c. when examined by electron microscopy, detergent treated extracts of brain tissue from animals or humans affected by these diseases reveal the presence of scrapie associated fibrils (SAF);
d. pathological changes appear to be confined to the CNS and include vacuolation, and astrocytosis;
e. the transmissible agent elicits no detectable specific immune response in the host which has inhibited the development of a preclinical live animal diagnostic test to date.
HTH :o)
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Note added at 2002-08-26 17:54:22 (GMT)
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http://www.aphis.usda.gov/oa/bse/
BSE belongs to the family of diseases known as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE's). These diseases are caused by a transmissible agent which is yet to be fully characterized. They share the following common characteristics:
a. a prolonged incubation period of months or years;
b. a progressive debilitating neurological illness which is always fatal;
c. when examined by electron microscopy, detergent treated extracts of brain tissue from animals or humans affected by these diseases reveal the presence of scrapie associated fibrils (SAF);
d. pathological changes appear to be confined to the CNS and include vacuolation, and astrocytosis;
e. the transmissible agent elicits no detectable specific immune response in the host which has inhibited the development of a preclinical live animal diagnostic test to date.
HTH :o)
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Note added at 2002-08-26 17:54:22 (GMT)
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http://www.aphis.usda.gov/oa/bse/
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Maria Luisa Duarte
: excelente!
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gracias María Luisa ... :o)
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two2tango
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gracias a los dos ... :o)
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kostan
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gracias Valerie ... :o)
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luskie
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gracias luskie ... :o)
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Sheila Hardie
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gracias SJH ... :o)
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Trudy Peters
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Shouldn't the layperson also know the correct terminology, so that when "BSE" is written e.g. in newspapers, they are aware of what is being talked about? - in th UK "Mad Cow Disease" was secondary to BSE at the beginning (in nespapers) gracias ... :o)
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MikeGarcia
: The scientific version.
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gracias Mike ... the correct terminology - not the literal translation, but are cows really mad? - this is an illness ... :o)
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Jack Doughty
: also with Trudy. Mad Cow Disease is better in some contexts, this is better in others.
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gracias Jack ... :o)
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labusga
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Gracias Doc ... :o)
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CNF
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gracias Natalia ... :o)
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Nikki Graham
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gracias Nikki ... :o)
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elenali
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gracias elenali ... :o)
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Heather Drake
Native in English
Your professional edge.
Native in: English (Variant: Canadian)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 1 more.
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mad cow disease
A brain disease that has ravaged the cattle population of England and some other European countries in recent times.
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