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.
Wright County, Iowa. Wright County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,229. The county seat is Clarion. The county was formed on January 15, 1851, and named after Silas Wright, a governor of New York, and Joseph Albert Wright, a governor of Indiana.