The discovery of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. cattle — and the news that at least one person in Texas has been infected, apparently through contact with infected cows — has taken scientists who study ...

Veterinarian in a milking barn (Photo by Getty Images). Dairy farmers throughout the country are on guard and the federal government is mobilizing after an outbreak among cattle herds of highly ...

Michigan has become ground zero for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus that's sweeping the nation, killing turkeys, chickens and wild birds, infecting cows and other mammals – and now ...

CDC report shows H5N1 infection in veterinarians who did not know they were working with infected cattle The veterinarians had no symptoms but have antibodies in their blood One of the veterinarians ...

Mexican cattle imports to beef up US supply have plummeted over fears of flesh-eating maggot: ‘It’s going to break us’ - ...

Texas health officials reported Monday that an individual who had been in contact with cattle has contracted H5N1 avian flu, only the second case ever recorded in the U.S. The person had contact with ...

Approximately 1.2 million Mexican cattle cross into the U.S. every year, according to the Washington Post. But after a cow in ...

Bird flu has jumped to cattle for the first time in the United States and recently infected a dairy worker in Texas. Agriculture officials in Minnesota are watching closely for infections in the state ...

FARGO - A number of calves are suffering from cryptosporidiosis this spring, which can put their handlers at risk. "This extremely wet and sloppy spring calving season increases the risk of ...

There is reluctance among some dairy farmers to voluntarily test their cattle for fear of what might happen if those tests reveal their herds are infected, said Dr. Barb Petersen, a Texas veterinarian ...