Concern over "mad cow" disease prompts the U.S. government to order the slaughter of hundreds of sheep in Vermont. Our health correspondent Dr. Emily Senay is here with the details. "Mad cow" disease ...

Livestock disease jitters - which Americans have been feeling from afar, with the mad cow and foot-and-mouth crises in Europe and elsewhere - hit home in a bigger way Wednesday as federal agents ...

In the mid-1990s Linda Faillace and her family had a dream: they wanted to breed sheep and make cheese on their Vermont farm. They did the research, worked hard, followed the rules, and, after years ...

EAST WARREN, Vt. — Federal agents trying to prevent so-called mad cow disease from gaining a foothold in the United States seized a second flock of Vermont sheep Friday as protesters mockingly gave ...

Although a great deal of uncertainty exists about whether bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease, can be transmitted from cattle to sheep, researchers have developed a ...

GREENSBORO, Vt. — Federal agents seized a Vermont farmer's flock of 234 sheep Wednesday for fear they are infected with a version of mad cow disease — the first such action ever taken against ...

A new program designed to eliminate an illness related to mad cow disease is forcing farmers, herders and ranchers to register their sheep and goats with the federal government. Under rules that took ...

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 ...

U.S. agriculture officials plan to seize and incinerate nearly 400 Vermont sheep in the coming days because four of the group imported from Belgium have tested positive for a disorder that may be ...

EAST WARREN, Vt. — Federal agents trying to prevent mad cow disease from gaining a foothold in the United States seized a second flock of Vermont sheep Friday as protesters mockingly gave the Nazi ...