Sheep infected with scrapie and cows infected with BSE have elevated levels of manganese in their blood before clinical symptoms appear, according to new research. The findings, published in the ...

Researchers think they’ve solved one of the most enduring mysteries of a strange, always-fatal disease that turns both people and cows mad. In experiments with genetically manipulated mice, they found ...

Evidence of rogue proteins associated with brain-wasting diseases has been found in the leg muscles of sheep, the first such finding in animals that enter the human food chain. Scientists said the ...