British diagnostics company Microsens has developed the first blood test that can detect abnormal proteins that cause the human version of “mad cow disease,” the privately owned company said on ...

In humans, a form of the disease has been linked to the consumption of contaminated meat. WASHINGTON -- A third and more sophisticated test on the beef cow suspected of having mad cow disease would ...

Meatpacker John Stewart on Wednesday sued the U.S. government to provide it with cattle testing kits so his Kansas company can prove to customers, especially in mad cow-leery Japan, that its beef is ...

An experimental test might be the first to screen human and animal blood for proteins that cause mad cow disease and its human form, according to a study of hamsters in the September issue of Nature ...

British scientists have made a prototype of the most accurate blood test yet for the human form of mad cow disease, and say their work could transform diagnosis and screening of the fatal brain ...

In recent years, much of the attention Idexx Laboratories has received has been related to its “companion animal” business, which develops diagnostics, drugs and software systems for veterinarians who ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - When the nation's first case of mad cow disease was discovered on a Washington farm, it took the slaughter of more than 700 healthy cattle to prove the disease had not spread. That's ...

Using newly available genetic sequencing scientists discovered cells infected with prions (the infectious agent responsible for these diseases) release particles which contain easily recognized ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Clemson University announced that a cow recently tested positive for atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or Mad Cow Disease after it arrived at a South ...

WASHINGTON -- No sign of mad cow disease was found in an animal that was singled out in preliminary screening last week, the Agriculture Department said Wednesday after a follow-up test. Officials ...