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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although it has been a couple of weeks since the most recent mad cow disease scare, some consumers are still concerned about bovine spongiform encephalopathy. In response, the Missouri Department of ...