The threat of so-called “mad cow disease” has all but faded from the collective memory, after its appearance in U.K. cattle ...

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 ...

O ne of the most existentially frightening illnesses ever to be discovered was mad cow disease, a fatal prion-spread illness ...

Dairy farms need to review their strategies for preventing metabolic disease in transition cows as monensin boluses are no ...

Dairy cows are milked at a dairy in Merced County in 2022. The number of infected dairy herds in the Central Valley doubled ...

But disease experts have warned that as the virus ... High levels of the virus have been found in the milk of infected cows, increasing the risk of exposure and infection, the researchers said.

This fatal neurological disease, a prion-based affliction similar to mad cow disease, causes infected animals to waste away, lose coordination, and display eerie, zombie-like symptoms. But could this ...

That’s how prions spread like an infection. Brahic takes readers on a tour of prion diseases, with stops at scrapie (which makes sheep scrape incessantly against fence posts), mad cow disease and kuru ...

Based on the Prevention of Infectious Diseases in Livestock Law, the prefectural government ordered the vaccination of cattle ...

One of the primary challenges to increase local milk production is the high prevalence of diseases among lactating cows. “Mastitis” is a common disease in dairy cows, causing inflammation in ...

The World Organisation for Animal Health classifies Lumpy Skin Disease as a highly contagious disease in cattle. It is characterised by symptoms including fever, nodules on the skin, swollen lymph ...