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

Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a fatal neurological disease in cattle caused by an abnormal protein that destroys the brain and spinal cord. The disease was first ...

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.

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 ...

Researchers have identified chronic wasting disease (CWD) prions in raw, cooked, and cured meat from an infected elk in Texas ...

Defra is looking to reintroduce processed animal protein (PAP) into some livestock feed, which would ensure the UK is on the ...

A case of classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), 'mad cow' has been confirmed on a ... Further investigations to identify the origin of the disease are ongoing, APHA said, adding ...

Brazil’s beef exports to China will be halted starting Thursday after a case of mad cow disease was confirmed in the northern state of Para, the country’s agriculture and livestock ministry ...

The reintroduction of processed animal protein (PAP) into some livestock feed is on the cards, with Defra now considering ...

The first case of mad cow disease in an Austrian animal may have ... to a first probe for bovine spongiform encephelopathy, or BSE. Further tests must be carried out on the meat to confirm ...

Mad cow disease could have come from outer space ... Chandra Wickramasinghe and Sir Fred Hoyle puts the blame for BSE on prions - infected pieces of protein - in the stratosphere from comets ...

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) have found a method to detect the proteins in the blood that cause the “mad cow disease” in people. Researchers at the ...