Refine Search
...stopping the spread of "chronic wasting disease," which has infected deer in at least 12 states and is similar to mad cow disease. It can't be transmitted to humans. No state has eradicated the disease once it's established. Violations can...
...into people. The method may also allow scientists to permanently remove from cattle the genes responsible for ''mad cow disease,'' which has wreaked economic havoc in Europe because of its apparent ability to cause a fatal brain disease in...
...The pig bans evoke memories of the EU's three-year ban on exports of British beef during the crisis over "mad cow" disease. They come just as British pig farmers were beginning to see a slight recovery in prices.
...Wednesday as a way to eradicate mad cow disease and restore consumer confidence...proposals follow the discovery of mad cow disease in France and a recorded case...have reported the first cases of mad cow disease in cattle in Germany and Spain...
The quarantine of 1,000 cattle and recall of 22 tons of feed out of fears about mad cow disease may have been caused by a mill that disclosed a possible rule violation. A Purina Mills Inc. plant may have mixed cow meat and...
...Minister Tony Blair on Monday called the outbreak "a dreadful blow" to a farming industry already struggling with mad cow disease, a fatal brain-wasting illness first identified in Britain. Even if the foot-and-mouth outbreak is quickly...
...of pork from the Netherlands and Denmark. Imports of beef from the European Union already were banned because of mad cow disease. "We want to make sure we're taking the appropriate steps to make sure it doesn't cross the ocean by means of...
...feared infected with a version of mad cow disease. It was the first time U.S...be carrying a disease akin to mad cow disease. Ed Curlett of the USDA, speaking...sheep may have been exposed to mad cow disease through contaminated feed before...
...Federal agents trying to prevent mad cow disease from gaining a foothold in the...destroyed and their brains tested for mad cow disease. The truck was briefly blocked...spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease. The tests are expected to take...
...Europe before a 1997 ban have shown no symptoms of mad cow disease and pose no threat, according to U.S. Department...years. Linda Detwiler, the USDA's chief expert on mad cow disease, said from Maryland on Friday that the USDA quarantined...