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Although Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ( BSE ) - - better known as Mad Cow disease - - has never been detected in the United States , authorities have identified some of its relatives , including scrapie in sheep flocks and " mad deer " among herds of deer and elk . Statistics to date show that nine people died last year from vCJD , which scientists say is caused by eating meat from cows infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE ) , or mad cow disease . Biologic valves are made from either porcine ( pig ) or bovine ( cow ) tissue . The outbreaks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( mad cow disease ) have limited some traditional uses of cattle for food , for example the eating of brains or spinal cords.In modern times , cattle are also used for judging in agricultural competitions . Encephalopathies ( TSE ) . GSS belongs to a family of human and animal diseases known as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies ( TSEs ) . History : Among the neurologic manifestations of SLE , the most common are the organic encephalopathies ( 35-75 % of case series ) , which basically comprise all potential variations of acute confusion , lethargy , or coma ; chronic dementias ; depression , mania , or other affective disturbances ; or psychosis . Kuru belongs to a class of infectious diseases called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies ( TSEs ) , also known as prion diseases . No , I am not talking about a bovine ( cattle ) market place , although the smell is the same . New variant CJD , a fatal neurological disease , has been linked to the consumption of beef from cattle infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE ) , commonly referred to as " mad cow disease . Each of these themes had a major workshop associated with it and , in addition , several special theme weeks were concerned with mathematical developments in nonstationary signal processing eg Gabor analysis and Wavelet Analysis , extreme value statistics and the statistics of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies ( TSEs ) and how this could possibly explain nvCJD .