They call it “mad cow” disease, but its scientific name is bovine spongiform encephalopathy. In elk and deer, it is called wasting disease. And when it is transmitted to humans, it is called ...

A new treatment route for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its human form Creutzfeldt Jakob disease could be a step closer based on new results from scientists in the UK. The team has ...

News about Mad Cow Disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. Skip to content Skip to site index.

Japan's farm ministry said on Friday that an animal health and quarantine agreement with China had come into force, paving ...

It has been linked to a fatal brain disease in humans called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). The official name of mad cow disease is bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). BSE lesions ...

Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a neurological disease in cattle that gets worse over time. Instead of viruses or bacteria, it's caused by an infection from an ...

A Missouri company has recalled 4,000 pounds of beef in a mad cow disease scare. ABC News. Video. Live. Shows. ... Four U.S. cows have been diagnosed with bovine spongiform encephalopathy since ...

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A cow at a South Carolina slaughterhouse is the seventh cow in America to have been identified with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known at mad cow disease. Scott Sharpe ssharpe ...