- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
 - Extensive site from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with news, general information for consumers, industry and veterinary information, and more. - Mad Cow Disease/Mad Deer Disease
- Collection of articles from the Organic Consumer Association addressing Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, the chronic wasting disease.
- BSEinfo.org
- Information produced by National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
- Mad-Cow-Facts.com
- Facts, news, and links from the Centre for Global Food Issues about Mad Cow Disease, also known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.
- BSE Inquiry
- Official web site of the U.K. public inquiry into the emergence of BSE and nvCJD. Includes the full text of the inquiry report, released October 26, 2000.
 Canadian Food Inspection Agency: BSE Disease Investigation in Western Canada
- Includes information about the case of mad cow disease in Alberta, a fact sheet on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), and Canadian preventive measures against its spread.- USDA: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
- General information on Mad Cow Disease, as well as updated news and response reports. From the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
- What Is "Mad Cow Disease" (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy/BSE)?
- Basic information about Mad Cow Disease, the human illness known as Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), and efforts to protect U.S. cattle. From the Food and Drug Administration.
- Priondata.org
- Source of regularly upgraded data for scientists, business, the media, and the public about BSE, vCJD, and other TSEs.
- Food Safety: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
- Speeches and fact sheets from the European Commission.
- Mad Cow Disease: The BSE Epidemic in Great Britain
- 1996 interview with Dr. Frederick A. Murphy, Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis.
- HowStuffWorks: How Mad Cow Disease Works
- Describes the disorder affecting the central nervous system of cattle, what its consequences for humans are, and what is being done to control and prevent its occurrence.
- New Scientist Special Report on BSE and vCJD
- Articles and links dedicated to the spread of the mutant prion protein commonly know as mad cow disease.
- Information Concerning Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy
- Archive of information concerning BSE, CJD, and scrapie from the mid-1990s to 2002.
- NOVA: The Brain Eater
- Explores the causes of Mad Cow disease, what happens when science faces an unknown pathogen, and the implications for public health.
- BSE Information at the University of Illinois
- In-depth information on spongiform encephalopathies including BSE in cattle, vCJD in humans, scrapie in sheep, and TSEs in cats, deer, and other animals.
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: An Unknown Quantity?
- Cause, effects, history, glossary of terms.
- DEFRA: BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)
![[*]](http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/ca/rating2.gif) - Information from the U.K. Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs regarding mad cow disease. - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
- Report by Richard H. Kimberlin addressing BSE and related diseases including Scrapie, Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy (TME), and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD).
- CBC News: Mad Cow: The Science and the Story
- Background on BSE in Canada, with overview of the condition, timeline, facts about the Canadian cattle industry, and information about the 2003 discovery of BSE in one cow in Alberta.
- WHO: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
- Includes fact sheets on the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies BSE and vCJD, their on public health, and worldwide surveillance and control efforts.
- Why Files: Mad Cow, New Fears
- Feature article addressing the cause and spread of BSE, as well as chronic wasting disease in deer and elk, and kuru among the Fore people of New Guinea.
- Pathology and Pathogenesis of Spongiform Encephalopathy
- Proposes that all forms of encephalopathies are endogenous, similar to Alzheimer's disease, and are not transmissible under normal conditions.
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