Although no cases of mad cow disease have been found in humans or livestock in the United States, according to a Purdue expert, recent news articles have suggested that individuals have died from the ...

One way this can happen is when people eat beef from cows that have bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known as "mad cow disease." The U.S. has had strict regulations in place since the ...

Or it can simply occur sporadically for no clear reason. What Ever Happened to Mad Cow? Most CJD cases fall in the last bucket. But over thirty years ago, there was an outbreak of CJD caused by ...

LISBON, Portugal -- Portugal has detected the first case of mad cow disease in the Azores, a region exempted from a European Union ban on Portuguese beef exports, the Agriculture Ministry said.

A case of classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), 'mad cow' has been confirmed on a farm in Ayrshire, Scotland, with movement restrictions in place on four farms. The case was identified ...