Bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy and fatal neurodegenerative disease in cattle that may be passed to humans who have eaten infected flesh. BSE causes a spongiform degeneration of the brain and spinal cord.
Anthon is a city in Woodbury County in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is part of the Sioux City, IAâNEâSD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 565 at the 2010 census. Anthon was home to Charles Osborne, who had the hiccups continuously for 68 years, and was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records [1]. It was also home to eunuchoidal giant Bernard Coyne, who was over 8 feet (243 cm) tall.
Pocahontas, IA. Online Offers. Pocahontas is a city in and the county seat of Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,789 in the 2010 census, a decline from the 1,970 population in the 2000 census. This city was named after the Native American princess from Jamestown, Virginia. Other geographical names in the county related to the colony at Jamestown are Rolfe, Powhatan Township, and Varina. Pocahontas was incorporated as a city on May 16, 1892.