According to online Publico an estimated fifty people in the last few years developed mild cases of the disease in Portugal. Human variant of BSE kills teenage patient in Portugal. Portuguese health authorities confirmed this week the first fatal case of Creutzfeld-Jacob disease the human variant of Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis, BSE, or better know as mad cow. According to the electronic edition of Publico from Lisbon the victim is a 14 year old who lived in the north of the country in...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Six cows that tested positive for brucellosis -- with a 'B' brand on the left side of their necks -- were the first of Jim and Sandy Morgan's herd of cattle to be loaded on to