Mike Pearson takes a look at the need for a national animal disease response plan as state agriculture officials push.

Production animal disease outbreaks are not only animal health events but threats to economic stability and food security. A new report from The Farm Journal Foundation, The Mean Sixteen: Biosecurity ...

While effective vaccines for COVID-19 should have heralded the benefits of mRNA vaccines, fear and misinformation about their supposed dangers circulated at the same time. These misconceptions about ...

According to a Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture spokeswoman, wild birds, including snow geese that are overwintering in the area, are believed to be the source of infection. However, ...

HONG KONG, Feb 11 (Reuters) - A growing number of livestock, such as cows and pigs, are fuelling new animal epidemics worldwide and posing more severe problems in developing countries as it threatens ...

Despite their rising value, many beef-on-dairy calves still receive minimal nutrition early in life. Cantor notes they are often limit-fed and given lower-quality colostrum. At the same time, ...

The movement of animals and animal feed was banned nationwide by the veterinary services department on Sunday as it attempts to battle an outbreak of foot and mouth disease.“Within the framework of ...

Cheesemakers’ association spokesman Michalis Koullouros on Thursday called for a halt to the culling of farm animals in light of an outbreak of foot a d mouth disease.“We must avoid the further ...