WASHINGTON - An Alabama cow has tested positive for mad cow disease, the third case of the brain-wasting disorder discovered on the nation's cattle farms in the last 2 1/2 years, the Agriculture ...

The case of mad cow disease that surfaced in California this week reignited a long-running debate about what has been described as a weak link in the U.S. beef supply: the lack of a mandatory ...

A non-contagious case of BSE, commonly known as mad cow disease, has been identified on a farm in Essex. The government said the animal was humanely culled and there was no risk to public health ...

In the latest case, the cow died on the farm where it lived, and a private veterinarian removed brain tissue for sampling, Clifford said. However, testing options are limited in this case.

Tests on the 8-year-old cow from a farm in South Holland province established that the dead animal had a naturally occurring form of the disease called atypical BSE, the government said later ...

A sample from the animal was being sent to an internationally recognized laboratory in Weybridge, England, that provided independent confirmation of the first U.S. case of mad cow disease.