https://www.pitara.com/tags/mad-cow-disease/Recent content in Mad Cow Disease on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-is-mad-cow-disease/Wed, 14 Nov 2001 04:57:27 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-is-mad-cow-disease/<p>In 1996, doctors detected 10 cases of a rare and fatal human brain disease in Britain and they diagnosed that it was probably due to eating beef from animals with &ldquo;mad cow disease&rdquo;. Scientifically, this cow disease was termed bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE while the disease affecting humans was termed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).</p> <p>The disease caused panic in Europe both among people eating beef and the farmers who were selling it. The European Union, which is the administrative body and includes all countries in Europe, responded immediately by banning imports of British beef.</p>