While this is effective for herds of 20, 100 or even 200 cows, the approach is very time-consuming, requires a lot of labor and is being replaced by time saving technologies and innovations which ...

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Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a second version of the avian influenza virus that is different from the one rampaging through herds since the spring, Agriculture Department officials ...

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections.

The same strain is linked to the bird flu patient who died in Louisiana. A second type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on ...

Cow comfort is important to milk production, milk quality, reproductive efficiency, and health of dairy cows. A cow’s housing and management can affect her comfort. There are economic consequences to ...

A second strain of bird flu has been detected in U.S. dairy cattle, marking the first confirmed infections of this particular virus in cows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.

California had four of the top five counties for dairy cow numbers in 2012, according to the 2012 Census of Agriculture. Tulare County had the top milk cow inventory in the nation in 2012 with 489,436 ...

High-quality milk remains in high demand, but managing the health of dairy cows is becoming increasingly challenging. To tackle this, researchers have developed an innovative location information ...

Second bird flu strain detected in dairy cattle for first time Detection came through national milk testing program Containment is critical, veterinary expert says Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. dairy ...

A variant of H5N1 bird flu that has circulated widely in wild birds — and in several instances led to severe illness in humans — has turned up in dairy cattle for the first time. The findings ...