Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a second version of the avian influenza virus that is different from the one rampaging through herds since the spring, Agriculture Department officials ...

The same strain is linked to the bird flu patient who died in Louisiana. A second type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on ...

California had four of the top five counties for dairy cow numbers in 2012, according to the 2012 Census of Agriculture. Tulare County had the top milk cow inventory in the nation in 2012 with 489,436 ...

Cow comfort is important to milk production, milk quality, reproductive efficiency, and health of dairy cows. A cow’s housing and management can affect her comfort. There are economic consequences to ...

If a cow has these traits, she should have a long productive life. Trouble-free cows are often unrecognized by producers because they are never in the sick pen. The University of Minnesota researches ...

Dairy cattle, by contrast, don’t arrive and leave in herd-size batches; they move on and off farms as calves that need raising, newly pregnant heifers or cows nearing the end of their fertility.

Twenty five people have been hospitalized after eating meat from a dead cow at Masindoni area in Chepalungu, Bomet County. According to Bomet County police commandant Edward Imbwaga, the affected were ...

“We do have dairy cattle, beef cattle, and a couple of goats,” she said. “I do show dairy cattle. I’ve shown dairy cattle all of my life, but I sell my milk cows before they go into milk ...

Interestingly, the meat withdrawal research was based on a dose of 0.5 mg/kg instead of the dose of 1 mg/kg. As with any medication, including just about any drug administered to dairy cattle, there ...

Even today, when I know a cow is about to give birth, I make sure to stay in the shed every day to monitor it." Today, Mr Viknesh fully manages Viknesh Dairy Farm, a dairy farm in Singapore situated ...

Having a calf is a high-risk period for any cow and over the next few weeks as dairy cows transition to lactation and experience a change in diet, there is no doubt but that some cows will get sick.