WASHINGTON - A third and more sophisticated test on the beef cow suspected of having mad cow disease would have helped resolve conflicting results from two initial screenings, but the U.S. refused to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government has licensed a mad cow test that gives fast results and can be analyzed at many locations, a key step in the plan to increase testing, the manufacturer of the test ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Agriculture Department, investigating a possible case of mad cow disease in an animal previously declared free of the ailment, conducted more tests only after being urged to do ...

WASHINGTON - The government has licensed a mad cow test that gives fast results and can be analyzed at many locations, a key step in the plan to increase testing, the manufacturer of the test said ...