Two Die In Spain From Human Form Of Mad Cow Disease
Two Die In Spain From Human Form Of Mad Cow Disease SPAIN: April 8, 2008 MADRID - Two people have died in Spain from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the human form of mad cow disease, the health...
View ArticleMad cow disease due to a rare genetic mutation
WASHINGTON - A rare genetic mutation may underlie some cases of mad cow disease in cattle and its discovery may help shed light on where the epidemic started, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.
View ArticleRisk Of Mad Cow Disease From Farmed Fish?
Three U.S. scientists are concern about the potential of people contracting Creutzfeldt Jakob disease -- the human form of "mad cow disease" -- from eating farmed fish who are fed byproducts rendered...
View ArticleThe legacy of BSE
We have to remain vigilant so we can act at the first sign of an emerging disease. (Editorial)
View ArticleMad cow disease is almost extinct globally
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, aka "mad cow disease", is almost extinct just 25 years after it was disc
View ArticleS.Korea delegation to review of U.S. mad-cow safeguards
A South Korean delegation will conduct a week-long review this week of U.S. mad-cow safeguards and will meet with the top U.S. animal health official on Tuesday in the wake of a new U.S. case of the...
View ArticleStudy maps hotspots of human-animal infections
Mad-cow, bird-flu or swine-flu - the world is more than familiar with “human-animal diseases”. A global study mapping these diseases, that jump species from animal hosts to humans, found that an “unlucky”
View ArticleFoot-and-month disease kills 73 cattle in 20 days
A farmer takes care of a calf, affected with foot-and-mouth disease, at Chinipara village in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, inset, saliva comes out of the mouth of a cow infected with the virus at the same
View ArticleFoot-and-mouth disease confirmed in Xinjiang
China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced on Tuesday that foot-and-mouth disease infections have been confirmed in cattle in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The infections were
View ArticleNew drug offers hope in fight against mad cow disease
A new drug compound could lead to a breakthrough in the fight against bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the incurable brain-wasting disease also known as mad cow disease, researchers said Wednesday.
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