A map purportedly showing that areas affected by mad cow disease in 1992 ended up voting "leave" in 2016 is satire.

So did Brexit win because of mad cow disease? Not exactly. What the BSE affair did was crush the early 1990s support for the EU in Britain.

The two maps are exactly the same—both show the result of the 2016 EU referendum, but one has been edited so it is in greyscale. Posts falsely claiming that the areas of the country that voted for ...

Mad cow disease discovered on Scottish farm in Aberdeenshire The disease, which is fatal to cattle, has been discovered on a farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

A NEW case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, has been discovered on a British beef farm.

Where has Mad Cow Disease spread? Thankfully, the quarantine set up around the farm has so far prevented the disease breaking the farm boundaries. The government said the case posed no harm to humans.

It is 23 years since Mad Cow Disease was proved to be killing humans and six years on from the horse meat scandal, but the food industry is still out of control.

I would certainly do so now." That type of thinking is probably what spawned the connection between England’s Mad Cow Disease outbreak in 1992 and the Brexit vote.

A NEW case of mad cow disease has been discovered on a British beef farm. There is not believed to be a threat to humans and a probe at the farm in Aberdeenshire has now been launched.

Only one person has died from mad cow disease in Britain since 2012. The outbreak could come as a blow to British farmers ahead of Brexit - with fears already growing no trade deal could kill the ...

LONDON - A case of atypical “mad cow disease” has been found on a farm in eastern England, Britain’s animal health agency said on May 20, but authorities said there was no food risk. A cow ...

It is 23 years since Mad Cow Disease was proved to be killing humans and six years on from the horse meat scandal, but the food industry is still out of control.