But it all starts with dogs and their wild cousins, which are definitive hosts for neospora. After a dog eats infected ...

Avian or bird flu (H5N1) is a viral infection that spreads in birds, cows and other animals and can cause severe illness and ...

Dutch authorities have detected antibodies linked to the H5N1 avian influenza virus in a dairy cow, marking the first known ...

Cow udders may provide a hotspot for bird flu and human flu viruses to mingle. The prospect of an outbreak of avian influenza among dairy cattle triggering a pandemic in humans is one step closer than ...

Almost a year ago, the H5N1 strain of bird flu was discovered in dairy cows for the first time. Since then, there have been confirmed cases in at least 976 herds across 17 states, including nine herds ...

After Mexico reported a case of an infected cow, the United States Department of Agriculture is warning states along the southern border to monitor livestock and pets for signs of a flesh-eating ...

A model developed by the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security at UC Davis shows how disease spread affects milk ...

The disease was found in a Holstein cow, which could not move on its own, from a farm in Mabton, Wash., about 40 miles southeast of Yakima. Tissue samples were taken on Dec. 9, and eventually tested ...

Meat from a Holstein cow infected with mad cow disease may have been more widely distributed than initially believed, reaching retail markets in eight states and Guam, federal officials said yesterday ...