1.   Mad cow disease started when parts of infected sheep were ground up and mixed with cattle feed.

2.   ...an infection popularly called mad cow disease.

3.   The British Veterinary Association subsequently urged the government to discourage farmers from breeding from the offspring of mad cows.

4.   German veterinary scientists have detected symptoms similar to those suffered by mad cows in ostriches.

5.   Five kudus in the London Zoo have caught BSE or mad cow disease.

6.   News that Switzerland is facing an epidemic of bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease have revived fears of a spread of the disease throughout Europe.

7.   The food safety minister has been visiting a company that runs an animal crematorium where cattle infected with BSE, commonly called mad cow disease, are incinerated.

8.   They all study Building Services Engineering, known as BSE, which are also the initials for mad cow disease.

9.   Although motivated by the mad cow scare in Europe and other health concerns, the system could pay big dividends in a variety of ways.

10.   Although mad cow disease is not a threat to the U.S. cattle industry, there are other concerns.