This week, the FDA confirmed that a Texas cattle herd was mistakenly given feed with a small amount of prohibited animal by-products that could carry Mad Cow disease. The cattle will be barred from ...
A slaughterhouse worker who claims to have killed the first U.S. cow to test positive for mad cow disease said the animal wasn't a so-called "downer" cow, an assertion disputed by federal agriculture ...
Q: What exactly is mad cow disease? A: That's the popular name for what scientists call bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE. It is an incurable disease that creates holes in brain tissue, making ...