Recent research led by the University of Alberta challenges the belief that mad cow disease is caused only by misfolded ...

Groundbreaking research led by the University of Alberta challenges the belief that mad cow disease is caused only by ...

PINCHER CREEK, Alberta -- The cow that tested positive for mad cow disease in Washington state was fed only food that was legal at the time of its birth in 1997, according to the retired Canadian ...

Canadian officials in Minneapolis Tuesday morning informed Montana cattlemen that a cow slaughtered for rendering in northern Alberta in late January tested positive for "mad cow" disease. Steve ...

Mad cow disease has been discovered again in Canada for the 14th time since 2003. Canadian food safety officials announced Aug. 15 that the disease, known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, ...

TORONTO -- Canada confirmed a case of mad cow disease on Sunday at a farm in British Columbia -- the country's fifth case since May 2003, when the United States closed its border to Canadian beef. The ...

TORONTO -- Seven herds of cattle are now under quarantine in Canada, investigators said Thursday as officials broadened their search for the origins of North America's first case of mad cow disease in ...

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A six-year-old dairy cow in the western province of Alberta has been confirmed as Canada's 16th case of mad cow disease since 2003, health officials said on Friday. The ...

An ear tag on a slaughtered Washington state Holstein cow found to be infected with mad cow disease shows the animal came from Alberta, Canada, where another case of mad cow disease was discovered in ...

Finding so-called prions in skin samples may lead to early diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. But the discovery also hints at possible risks from surgery. By Denise Grady Ireland has met American ...

Paul Dobbins doubts one mad cow in Washington can instill fear in someone hungry for a thick steak. "There are so many things in place to protect us," the owner of PD's on First said Wednesday morning ...

(Phys.org)—A pair of researchers at Harvard Medical School has found an instance of a bacterial protein that behaves like a prion when inserted into another type of bacteria. In their paper published ...