Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a fatal neurological disease in cattle caused by an abnormal ...

According to Leon Thacker, director of the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Purdue University, mad cow disease is a popular term given to a disease of cattle known as bovine spongiform ...

But the BSE scare established that an animal’s prions ... One of the most existentially frightening illnesses ever to be ...

A case of classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), 'mad cow' has been confirmed on a farm in Ayrshire, Scotland, with movement restrictions in place on four farms. The case was identified ...

Five countries have implemented full or partial bans on Brazilian beef imports since confirmation this month of a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease ...

BSE is otherwise known as mad cow disease, a brain-wasting illness that has been linked to the fatal variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD) disease in humans. CJD kills its carrier by eating holes in ...

A case of BSE - so-called mad cow disease - has been confirmed at a farm in Aberdeenshire. BBC Scotland understands the "isolated" case involves a beef herd in the Huntly area. Rural Economy ...

French Agriculture Minister Jean Glavany said the ban would "allow Europe to take a major step forward" in containing mad cow disease. BSE is thought to spread to humans as vCJD disease -- an ...

The farmer of the herd found with BSE in Aberdeenshire has spoken of his devastation. Movement restrictions at Boghead Farm in Lumsden were introduced after so-called mad cow disease was found in ...

The Holstein infected with mad cow disease in Washington state was imported into the United States from Canada about two years ago, federal investigators tentatively have concluded. Dr Ron DeHaven ...

The diseases include Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease." They affect the brain, disrupting or destroying neurons in large ...

just like Mad Cow Disease and CJD, but this time it’s affecting deer in the wild. It’s leaving them confused, distressed, walking in circles by the side of the road. And like BSE, it’s fatal.