One case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been detected in a cow on a farm in England. The animal died and has been removed from the farm in Somerset, according to the Animal and Plant ...

The UK’s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said the Progress Report on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (published this week) for 2004 shows that the number ...

A case of BSE, a disease which affects cattle, has been found on a farm in Aberdeenshire. The Scottish Government said precautionary movement restrictions have been put in place at the farm, while ...

A risk assessment of Irish beef, published today by the Food Standards Agency, estimates the likely size of the BSE epidemic in the Republic of Ireland and the implications for UK consumers during the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's government said on Thursday that a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, had been discovered on a farm in Aberdeenshire, the first in ...

More cows will be destroyed at the Aberdeenshire farm where a case of BSE has been found, but Scotland's chief veterinary officer has insisted there is "no need to panic". The case of so-called Mad ...

British abattoirs that cull the cattle most at risk from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) could be spreading the disease to meat sold for human consumption, a report from the Royal Society and ...

The Philippines has temporarily banned beef exports from the United Kingdom because of a case of classical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease. The Department of ...

Mad cow disease is a brain disorder in cattle that is transmissible to humans who eat infected meat. ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images Scotland’s government said on Thursday that it has detected a case of ...

A case of mad cow disease has been reported on a Scottish farm. LONDON -- A case of mad cow disease has been reported at a farm in Scotland. Authorities have been quick to calm fears prompted by the ...