Meat from a Holstein cow infected with mad cow disease may have been more widely distributed than initially believed, reaching retail markets in eight states and Guam, federal officials said yesterday ...

The California dairy cow found to have mad cow disease was very old for a milk producer and had been euthanized after it became lame and started lying down, federal officials revealed in their latest ...

Struggling dairy farmers in Lancaster County may be sitting on a cash cow right under their noses, according to researchers. Three years into a demonstration project, a Penn State scientist says ...

It was just one cow, one lame, worn-out Holstein dragged to slaughter in a corner of the country. But the discovery that she was infected with mad cow disease has forced broader scrutiny of the U.S.

Nineteen years ago, Mabton found itself in the national spotlight. But it wasn’t exactly the kind of publicity Lower Valley residents were seeking. It was a threat to their livelihoods that put this ...

WASHINGTON -- Government food safety officials are working through the holidays to prevent a potential outbreak of mad cow disease while assuring Americans their beef supply has not been tainted by ...

Agriculture officials have begun killing 129 more cows in Washington state that could be linked to the Holstein with mad cow disease, as the search for potentially infected animals and feed entered ...

A joke that made the rounds in the financially troubled 1980s involved a farmer who hauled two Holstein bull calves to his local livestock market. Not only did the calves fail to sell; an unknown ...

Frank Mitloehner sits inside a trailer at the UC Davis dairy barn as equipment in front of him spits out data. Next to the trailer, a Holstein cow has its head and neck inside a huge, clear-plastic ...