I am horrified by images I see in the media of animal slaughter. On television, a cow is shown scrambling to stand up on its hind end and, instead, collapsing in a helpless, terrified heap on the ...

Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), says the top five thing that keep him up at night are ...

Mad Cow Disease and vCJD: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention: By Anjali Srivastava Mad cow disease, or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), is a fatal brain disorder in cattle caused by ...

Recent research led by the University of Alberta challenges the belief that mad cow disease is caused only by misfolded proteins—a discovery that sheds new light on the devastating outbreak in the ...

One of the most existentially frightening illnesses ever to be discovered was mad cow disease, a fatal prion-spread illness that appeared in animals in the 1980s and killed over 200 people during the ...

With 2025 drawing to a close, it's time to put a lameness control plan in place for 2026 that will help boost animal welfare on the farm.

Digital dermatitis, also known as Bovine Digital Dermatitis (BDD) or hairy heel warts, is a contagious infectious disease causing painful lesions and lameness in cattle. The disease is multifactorial, ...

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 ...

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, ...