A new H5N1 bird flu mutation has appeared in a cluster of infected dairy cows. It's a genetic change that scientists say ...

are the next disease-elimination targets for FAO and OIE following success over rinderpest. The FAO conference officially recognized last week global freedom from the deadly cattle virus.

Way back in 1858 Nongqawuse, a prophetess of the Xhosa tribe in South Africa had a vision telling her that all cattle of the ...

Ticks infesting cattle include Boophilus ... but it should be done with caution to avoid transmitting diseases to humans. The most important and deadly human pathogen recognised is the Crimean ...

Abia State Government official said the campaign became necessary following a recent anthrax outbreak in cattle in Nasarawa, ...

There are numerous outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease still active in South Africa. This article takes a look at signs and ...

Unless we combat spread of Avian influenza, we risk not only more shortages, but a catastrophic collapse of our poultry ...

The OIE said it wanted to simplify the way countries are judged to be at risk from the deadly cattle disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), and devised a new three-tier ...

Millions of migratory birds, including most of the sandhill crane population, make their way through Nebraska every spring.