A mad cow’s milk may contain prion proteins and the disease might be transmitted from the mad cow to humans who happen to drink its milk Mad Cow Disease, also known as Bovine Spongiform ...

Although no cases of mad cow disease have been found in humans or livestock in the United States, according to a Purdue expert, recent news articles have suggested that individuals have died from the ...

In the late 1990s, there was an outbreak of mad cow disease in humans in Great Britain, which caused the country to suspend beef consumption for several months.

It was discovered during routine BSE surveillance of a 12-year old cow in eastern Switzerland registered for slaughter. The carcass was incinerated and posed no risk to other animals or humans, ...

They still didn’t know how the disease had started but the Feed Ban did halt the spread of Mad Cow Disease, proving one thing: cow cannibalism had spread the madness. 4. It took a decade for the ...