Scientists express concern over the possibility of the deadly and incurable 'zombie deer' disease affecting humans. The ...

The diseases include Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease." They affect the brain, disrupting or destroying neurons in large ...

A single case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) - commonly known as mad cow disease - has been identified on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway. The Scottish government said movement ...

According to Leon Thacker, director of the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Purdue University, mad cow disease is a popular term given to a disease of cattle known as bovine spongiform ...

Since 1996, 177 people have died from vCJD, while over four million cows were destroyed to prevent the spread of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). The issue is explored in a new BBC ...

It is now clear that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as 'mad cow disease', is not merely a UK phenomenon, nor is it merely an economic nuisance. In fact, it may be an impending ...

The Scottish government have confirmed a single case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This follows a case earlier in the year which ...