AMES, Iowa (AP) — At first glance, it looks like a modest farm. Cows are scattered in fenced fields. A milking barn stands in the distance and a tractor is parked nearby. But the people who work there are not farmers, and the other buildings look more like what you might find at a modern… Read More »
NEW YORK (AP) – Bird flu has been blamed for the deaths of millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide in the past two years. It killed hordes of seals and sea lions, destroyed mink farms, and wiped out cats, dogs, skunks, foxes, and even a polar bear. But it doesn’t seem to have touched… Read More »
NEW YORK (AP) – Bird flu has been blamed for the deaths of millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide in the past two years. It killed hordes of seals and sea lions, destroyed mink farms, and wiped out cats, dogs, skunks, foxes, and even a polar bear. But it doesn’t seem to have touched… Read More »
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (also known as HPAI or bird flu) has been detected on a dairy farm in Colorado, making it the ninth state where cases have been confirmed. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed the virus was in a herd in northeastern Colorado on April 25, 2024. This farm… Read More »
In early March, Dr., a large animal veterinarian in Texas. Barb Petersen started getting calls from dairy farms she worked with in the Panhandle. Workers there were seeing lots of cows with mastitis, an infection of the udder. Their milk had turned thick and discolored, and this could not be explained by any of the… Read More »
Dr. The first calls Barb Petersen received in early March were from dairy owners concerned about the deaths of crows, pigeons and other birds on their Texas farms. Then came the news that the barn cats, half of whom were on the same farm, had suddenly died. Within days, the Amarillo veterinarian began hearing about… Read More »
As the holiday season approaches, you may be realizing that you forgot to get your Covid-19 and flu vaccinations, and now you’ll be sitting at your elderly relatives’ table. The good news is that it’s not too late to get your shots in, but how about knocking them both out at the same time? The… Read More »