Government scientists have shown that it is possible to infect cattle with a BSE-like disease through injecting scrapie-infected material from sheep. This may bring scientists closer to identifying ...

Forty-three animals infected with BSE, or “Mad Cow Disease,” have so far been registered in Spain. According to official information provided by the department of agriculture and fisheries, 33 of ...

A collaborative program between the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to sample cows that die of unknown causes for bovine spongiform ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chronix Biomedical today announced that it is partnering with the University of Calgary to develop a commercial version of its serum DNA-based blood test for the ...

The UK’s Food Standards Agency is investigating an apparent failure by the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) to test some casualty cattle aged between 24 and 30 months for BSE before they entered the food ...

The USDA’s testing program for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is a key component of our firewall against the spread of the disease. There is no test for BSE that can be done on live animals or ...

A case of mad cow disease confirmed in California has raised concern regarding food safety. But experts say that is not the only worry. “What we know is that 3,000 Americans die every year from ...

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Sam: As a young kid I became pretty fascinated by the things that could kill me, particularly infectious diseases. Don’t ask me why, I just was. And the first one I remember becoming obsessed with was ...