Although endemic in Europe for centuries, the sheep disease known as scrapie achieved notoriety only during the 1980s, when it was apparently transmitted to cows in Britain via infected sheep remains ...

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 ...

The Virginia cattle and calf inventory as of January 1, 2017 was estimated at 1.52 million head. This is according to the Virginia Field Office of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service ...

The future of farming looked strong on Friday, when an army of some 1,200 local schoolchildren and 100 adults descended on the Napa Valley Expo. During Day at the Farm, youngsters had a chance to pet ...

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 ...

PAINTER, Va. -- Walking into her five acres of pasture, Catherine Harrison began to coax her small flock to move out of the cool shade. "Hey guys! Anybody want to go out and graze?" she asked her 11 ...