9282 x 7425 px | 78,6 x 62,9 cm | 30,9 x 24,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
21 novembre 2023
Ubicazione:
midhurst, west Sussex
Altre informazioni:
December 22nd 1984. Pitsham Farm, Midhurst, West Sussex, UK. Veterinarian David Bee encountered an unprecedented medical challenge. As a practitioner in general veterinary medicine the case presented to him on that day defied conventional understanding with symptoms hitherto unseen by Bee or his peers in any British cattle. In the absence of a precedent, David Bee coined the term "Pitsham Farm Syndrome" to describe this perplexing condition. Subsequently, the syndrome gained notoriety as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), colloquially known as 'Mad Cow Disease'. The BSE outbreak reached its peak in 1992 with an alarming 100, 000 confirmed cases. The overall impact was substantial, affecting an estimated 180, 000 cattle. In a drastic effort to curb the spread of the disease, a staggering 4.4 million cattle were culled. The crisis become one of Britain's costliest peacetime disasters. Archive image: Vacuoles - microscopic holes in the grey matter - gives the brain of BSE-affected cows a spongelike appearance when tissue sections are examined in the lab. APHIS photo by DR. Al Jenny. Public domain.
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