SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Japan’s misfortunes with mad cow disease have led to a lucrative contract for a Bay Area biotech company. Hercules-based Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. makes kits that identify mad ...

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 ...

Thirty-eight more cattle from a Texas ranch tested negative for mad cow disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported today. The 38 animals were from the same ranch and herd as the Texas beef ...

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 ...

The Agriculture Department late Tuesday received an “inconclusive” preliminary screening on a second animal indicating possible mad cow disease, but officials cautioned the test is so sensitive it ...

A Dutch researcher will serve the first test tube meat burger. Dutch scientist Mark Post displays samples of in-vitro meat, or cultured meat grown in a laboratory, at the University of Maastricht in ...

Basophil activation test identifies children at risk of severe cow’s milk allergy. Learn how this biomarker could guide safer management.

Bird flu has been detected in cattle in several states. Its believed to be the first time the disease has infected dairy cows. Livestock in multiple states have tested positive for bird flu in recent ...

BENSON COUNTY, Minn. — Lab tests have confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in a dairy herd in Benson County, the Minnesota Board of Animal Health said. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, also ...

Livestock in multiple states have tested positive for bird flu in recent days, the first time the disease has spread to dairy cows. Officials say the risk to the public remains low. But as NPR's Joe ...