It's not often that cows are part of global warming solutions, but a new type of feed could change that. University of Florida researchers have discovered that a new cow feed could cut down on cow ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Agriculture Department on Wednesday declared a cow suspected of having mad cow disease free of the brain-devouring illness. USDA officials had raised the specter of a third case ...

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 ...

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 ...

Veterinary researchers in the Netherlands and Sweden made cows walk a straight line, all the while recording their movements through motion sensors. Far from trying to identify the drunkards in the ...

Wild migratory birds likely spread a deadly strain of bird flu to dairy cows in Texas and Kansas, state and federal officials announced this week. It is believed to be the first time the virus, a ...