Mad cow disease: What you need to know

POSTED: 08:23 AM PDT Apr 25, 2012 

Mad cow disease is back -- this time in California. Here's what you need to know about bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE.

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Can I get it? -- BSE can be spread to humans who eat infected meat. It can also spread through meat that has come in contact with infected tissue or that has been processed in contaminated machinery.

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