TORONTO – Federal officials Thursday tested a British Columbia dairy cow suspected of contracting mad cow disease, potentially bad news for Canadian cattle ranchers still recovering from a two-year ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that Canada had become the first country to meet new U.S. standards designed to reduce the risk of mad cow disease, and a ban on imports ...

The United States banned all beef imports from Canada after a lone case of mad cow disease was discovered in the heart of Canada's cattle country on Tuesday. The discovery raised concern because ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Agriculture Department will not allow meat from older cattle when it expands U.S. imports of Canadian beef on March 7, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Wednesday. The ...

WASHINGTON — Scrambling to trace the history of a bovine afflicted with “mad cow” disease, Canadian authorities quarantined two additional farms Wednesday where the animal had spent time and tried to ...

If a cow moos in a barn and no one is around to hear it, could you still understand what it’s trying to say? Researchers at Dalhousie University are hoping to answer that question. Led by Dr. Ghader ...

Canada's lone case of mad cow disease may have originated in the United States, according to a report issued Thursday by Canadian investigators, who have been unable to pinpoint the source of the ...

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration hopes to lift remaining mad cow disease-related restrictions on Canadian cattle within the next year, the Agriculture Department said Wednesday. The restrictions, ...

The Senate voted Thursday to overturn the Bush administration’s decision to allow Canadian cattle into the country nearly two years after they were banned because of mad cow disease. The White House ...

News of the Canadian cow testing positive for BSE comes on the heels of Japan reinstating a ban on U.S. beef imports after discovery by Japanese officials of a piece of banned matter found in a ...

Cattle from Canada are safe for shipment to the United States, despite two new Canadian cases of mad cow disease, Agriculture Department investigators said Friday. A team of experts traveled to Canada ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian scientists are breeding a special type of cow designed to burp less, a breakthrough that could reduce a big source of greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. Cows ...