‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans
Warnings that ‘slow-moving disaster’ in North America raises chances of fatal mad cow-type disease jumping species barrier
October 2022
Civil service messaging and marketisation under Margaret Thatcher
Letters: Mike Lewis recalls the importance of maintaining appearances during his time in the Central Office of Information. Plus letters from Paul Flewers and Béryl Barnes
October 2021
Animals farmed update
Animals farmed: UK supply chain crisis, meat plant workers exploited and Billie Eilish’s Cop26 plea
Welcome to our monthly roundup of the biggest issues in farming and food production, with must-read reports from around the web
September 2021
Case of BSE found on farm in Somerset but ‘no risk to food safety’
Animal and Plant Health Agency says infected animal was dead and has been removed from the farm
July 2021
Animals farmed update
Animals farmed: EU cage-ban moves closer, magic of horse power and ‘egg-mageddon’
Welcome to our monthly roundup of the biggest issues in farming and food production, with must-read reports from around the web
June 2021
EU to lift its ban on feeding animal remains to domestic livestock
Allowing processed animal protein feed for pigs and poultry, barred since BSE crisis, will address non-EU competition, says Commission
September 2020
Animals farmed update
Animals farmed: US beef trade to restart, chicken culls and 12-storey pig farms
Animals farmed
Covid and farm animals: nine pandemics that changed the world
January 2020
Animals farmed
'Live animals are the largest source of infection': dangers of the export trade
Transporting more animals will increase transmission of diseases, including some that could also threaten humans
July 2019
TV review
Mad Cow Disease: The Great British Beef Scandal review – is it really gone for good?
A generation of people have grown up eating infected cows – and it might not be long until a second wave of victims get struck down. How on earth did this happen?
December 2018
James Erlichman obituary
Consumer journalist, broadcaster and writer at the forefront of reporting Britain’s BSE food crisis
October 2018
Scottish farmer tells of feeling devastated after BSE case found in herd
Movement ban imposed on Aberdeenshire farm following BSE case
March 2018
The long read
‘Cows carry flesh, but they carry personality too’: the hard lessons of farming
The long read: They may be crucial products in a vast industry – but abandoning our relationship with the cattle we keep would mean throwing away something valuable
February 2018
Other lives
Howard Rees obituary
Former chief veterinary officer who tackled both the salmonella and BSE crises
November 2017
Alan Dickinson obituary
Geneticist who carried out groundbreaking research into the behaviour of diseases including scrapie and CJD
October 2015
BSE found in cow on Welsh farm
Authorities have described the case, the first in Wales since 2013, as an isolated incident that hasn’t affected food chain
February 2015
Canada confirms first case of mad cow disease since 2011
Where's the Irish beef? Nearly two decades after ban, it's back in the US
September 2014
Radio-tagging sheep will spell the death of the old ways, say French farmers
Farmers question effectiveness of scheme against outbreaks of disease and fear it risks industrialising traditional methods
