mad cow disease is a popular term given to a disease of cattle known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE. There have been more than 176,000 cases in cattle worldwide since the disease was ...

A case of atypical BSE, commonly known as mad cow disease, has been confirmed on a farm in southern Scotland. Precautionary movement restrictions have been put in place after the single case of ...

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

Researchers have identified chronic wasting disease (CWD) prions in raw, cooked, and cured meat from an infected elk in Texas, confirming the presence of the infectious CWD-causing agents in muscle ...

The monitoring of BSE has been an important function since the crisis of 1986 when 180,000 cattle were infected and 4.4 million slaughtered in order to eradicate the disease in the UK. There are ...

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

Postcard from Nuuk: YouTubers and MAGA hats take over Greenland ...

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 ...

Beef producers in France want the ban on imports of British meat extended to Ireland because of the spread of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) disease, more commonly known as mad cow ...