| Seven months later, the UK Central Veterinary Laboratory diagnosed bovine spongiform encephalopathy as the cause of its death. |
| Scientists originally believed the goat had scrapie, a disease similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy. |
| Patients with encephalopathy require a low-protein diet and enough lactulose to produce three or four bowel movements daily. |
| Thiamine supplementation is essential in malnourished patients for the prevention of Wernicke's encephalopathy. |
| Mad cow disease, formally known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, is a fatal disease of the central nervous system. |
| Improvement was defined as partial or complete resolution of clinical or subclinical symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy. |
