Cows, along with sheep, goats, deer, antelope, bison, buffalo, moose, elk, and reindeer, are all ruminants. These are mammals with four compartments in their digestive system that let them re-chew and ...

Tracking system could make it easier to trace and check spread of disease. The Department of Agriculture today announced plans to develop an enterprise architecture for a national system for tracking ...

Preventing mad cow disease is all about controlling what cows eat, but federal regulations are full of loopholes and enforcement is lax, according to consumer advocates and the government's own ...