A slaughterhouse worker who claims to have killed the first U.S. cow to test positive for mad cow disease said the animal wasn't a so-called "downer" cow, an assertion disputed by federal agriculture ...

K-State beef cattle experts explain economic drivers and how mature cow size may need to be different across segments in the ...

WASHINGTON – A five-day mad cow disease scare that briefly rattled the cattle markets and raised concerns among some beef eaters has been put to rest after sophisticated chemical tests on a suspected ...

Q: What exactly is mad cow disease? A: That's the popular name for what scientists call bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE. It is an incurable disease that creates holes in brain tissue, making ...

Dear Dr. Vittoria: I know that you don’t work on cows, but I was hoping you could answer a cow question for me. I do not have a farming background, so this may seem like a silly question. I went to an ...

Brianna the cow’s leap -- or fall -- from a truck carrying her to a Paterson slaughterhouse was the happy-ending we all needed during our week of holiday bliss. Then, we found out she gave birth to a ...

WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats on Thursday asked Agriculture Secretary nominee Mike Johanns (search) to reconsider the Bush administration's decision last week to open U.S. borders to Canadian cattle ...