Now basic research on prions, the infectious proteinaceous particles that cause mad cow disease and other cases of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSEs), has caught up with the disease. The ...

A cow at a South Carolina beef processing facility tested positive for atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease. It is the seventh case of mad cow disease ever ...

Finding so-called prions in skin samples may lead to early diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. But the discovery also hints at possible risks from surgery. By Denise Grady Ireland has met American ...

CLEMSON, S.C. — Authorities with Clemson Extension announced on Friday that a cow brought to South Carolina from Tennessee has been euthanized after being found to have bovine spongiform ...

A cow at a beef processing facility in South Carolina has tested positive for atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or “mad cow disease,” according to The State. The cow, which was around 5 years ...

(WSPA) – A cow from Tennessee tested positive for atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), known commonly as mad cow disease, at a beef processing plant in South Carolina. According to Clemson ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in an approximately five-year-old or old beef cow at a slaughter plant in South ...

March 27 (Reuters) - Czech state veterinarians said on Friday they had found a new case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a six-year-old cow on a farm near the northern border with Poland. ...

EAST WARREN, Vt. -- Federal agents arrived at a farm early today to seize a second flock of Vermont sheep suspected of having been exposed to a form of mad cow disease. The owners had fought to keep ...

I am concerned with the killing of about 300 deer near Grangeville because of chronic wasting disease. CWD in deer, elk, moose and possibly other animals, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, mad cow ...