When the government veterinary scientists ran tests on a cow head Colin sent them, they confirmed his fears: the sickness was a new addition to a family of fatal transmissible brain diseases.

It is now clear that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as 'mad cow disease', is not merely a UK phenomenon, nor is it merely an economic nuisance. In fact, it may be an impending ...

Technology developed by Scottish biotech Biotangents, which will improve the process for treating disease among cows, has ...

Although no cases of mad cow disease have been found in humans or livestock in the United States, according to a Purdue expert, recent news articles have suggested that individuals have died from the ...

A case of BSE, commonly known as mad cow disease, has been identified on a farm in Ayrshire. The Scottish government said precautionary movement restrictions had been put in place at the farm and ...

In the 1990s Britain was hit by an epidemic of a fatal neurological disease in cows that also killed 178 humans. Science was split between government assurances of safety and dissidents warning of ...

Nov. 17, 2022 — The brains of people with Down syndrome develop the same neurodegenerative tangles and plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease and frequently demonstrate signs of the ...

Darwinian natural selection could help halt human “mad cow disease”, experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder. The Papua New Guinea tribe developed strong ...

Movement restrictions at Boghead Farm in Lumsden were introduced after so-called mad cow disease was found in one cow. Speaking through NFU Scotland, Thomas Jackson said: "This has been a very ...

Special Forces hero who led secret mission to blow up Saddam Hussein's communications network dies from 'human Mad Cow Disease' ...

People who lived or travelled in the United Kingdom or France for long periods of time in the 1980s and 1990s have not been allowed to donate blood in case they were exposed 365 Bloor Street East ...

Authorities say 90% chance that there may be an anthrax outbreak in Ntungamo District. Farmers and cattle dealers in Ntungamo ...