UK ministers may lift a ban introduced during the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) crisis on the use of animal remains ...

"The initial presentation typically includes dementia and neurological symptoms such as ataxia, myoclonus, and gait abnormalities as well as behavioral changes," Cetin and co-authors wrote. Sporadic ...

Chronic Wasting Disease is a fatal neurological disease affecting hoofed animals. Idaho just received its second case from a ...

There is no treatment or vaccine. The BCCDC says the disease causes small holes to appear in the brain, “so that it resembles ...

The BCCDC says the disease causes small holes to appear in the brain, “so that it resembles a sponge.” This is similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, although chronic ...

Ground beef is a staple for many consumers in the U.S., but with high volumes comes the inevitable risk of contamination.

Information circulating online falsely claims a range of viruses have been patented which means they were made by humans in a ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in a wild deer in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, for the first time, prompting ...

The new rule affords another small measure of closure from the BSE crisis that first hit Canada’s cattle producers in May 2003, when the country’s first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, ...