In March 2024, for the first time in the United States, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus was ...

That strain, called B3.13, has led to only mild symptoms, like pink eye and fever, in humans infected after contact with sick cows. Research suggests that B3.13 is less likely to result in severe ...

Of the 53 cases of avian influenza in animals in Oregon, none are dairy cattle. Oregon state veterinarian Dr. Ryan Scholz ...

a University of Texas Medical Branch professor studying cattle diseases. “It’s alarming.” ...

Symptoms mostly resemble bad colds, though sick cows may stop producing milk. Most cows recover in four to six weeks after the infection is cleared, though some never return to productivity.

"We found that only about 21% of over-conditioned cows treated with aspirin develop one or more diseases in the first 60 days in milk compared to 38% in the other over-conditioned cow treatment ...

Cattle producers are being urged to be on the alert for three-day sickness or Bovine Ephemeral Fever, after cases were ...

"Where we saw the need is … to try and get ahead of these emergency animal diseases that are coming up," he said. "[Also] you may only muster [cattle] a couple of times a year, and it's ...