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 County, Iowa (IA) County population in 2014: 7,138 (all rural); it was 8,662 in 2000. County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 1,123. County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 1,467. County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 2,863.