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

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

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

Germany has regained its status as free of foot-and-mouth disease in most areas of the country, opening the way for 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 ...

After bird flu began to spread rapidly in dairy cattle, then infect farmworkers ... marginalized populations most affected by deadly infectious diseases must fend for themselves.

Climate was an easy, low-cost product to sell in Arizona's early years, before rising temperatures changed the landscape's ...

Dundonald farmer Michael Goldie saw nearly two-thirds of his 152 lambs killed last month by the deadly Schmallenberg virus which is now surging in Scotland. The disease can lead to abortions and ...

Though not as prominent in the news, the avian influenza is still with us and spreading from birds to cattle, and even to ...

Last month, for the first time in two decades, a 6-year-old child in the U.S. died due to measles. Just a few weeks later, a ...

Dundonald farmer Michael Goldie saw nearly two-thirds of his 152 lambs killed last month by the deadly ... disease." Last month marked Scotland’s first cases of the cruel Schmallenberg virus, which ...

A genetic mutation has appeared in dairy cows that could make the virus more deadly and transmissible ... bird flu was first reported in Texas dairy cattle. Although not confirmed, scientists ...