Farmers have staged protests in several parts of France in recent days after vets culled a herd suffering from the disease.

Health officials confirm the country's fourth-ever case of an infected cow. April 24, 2012— -- The Department of Agriculture today confirmed a case of mad cow disease found in a dairy cow in ...

A rare case of mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), has been detected at a slaughter plant in South Carolina but poses no threat to humans or other cattle. It is only ...

Despite the panic that sent shockwaves through meat markets as far away as South Korea, the latest finding of mad cow disease announced Tuesday does not appear to pose a risk to the public. It is, ...

Recent research led by the University of Alberta challenges the belief that mad cow disease is caused only by misfolded ...

Here's a look at Mad Cow Disease, a fatal brain disease found in cattle. Facts:It has been linked to a fatal brain disease in humans called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). The official name ...

A cow that died recently on a Dutch farm tested positive for mad cow disease, the government of the Netherlands announced Wednesday, in a rare case of the cattle illness that can cause a fatal brain ...

On Saturday, dozens of tractors blocked traffic, with farmers setting fire to bales of straw and tires to protest what they ...

French farmers are protesting against government measures, including the culling of entire cattle herds, aimed at containing ...

A South Carolina cow has tested positive for mad cow disease at a beef processing facility. The cow is only the seventh recorded case of mad cow disease, or atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy, ...

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 ...

Protesters tried to block the killing of more than 200 cows in southern France, as the country tightens restrictions to fight ...