Raw cheese made with milk from dairy cattle infected with bird flu can harbor infectious virus for months and may be a risk ...

In outbreak developments, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) ...

Scientists are sounding alarms about a genetic mutation that was recently identified in four dairy cow herds, nearly one year ...

Pigs are moderately susceptible to infection with a bovine-derived H5N1 avian influenza virus but don't spread it to other ...

The costly financial and milk production consequences of H5N1 infections in US dairy have been laid bare in new research ...

Bird flu. With that diagnosis in mind, one of Russo’s colleagues tried to get some bovine samples tested for H5N1, but the ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have found that frequently used antivirals do not work well against the H5N1 avian influenza virus in cows’ milk.

A year ago, bird flu was first found in US cows. Since then, there have been cases in herds in 17 states, including nine in Minnesota.

Research by experts at Cornell University suggests bird flu can cost farmers up to $1,000 per cow; according to the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, this could cost a farmer operating ...

While humans can contract bird flu, UNLV professor and epidemiologist Brian Labus says the latest strains are “not a general ...

With 978 cow herds infected by the virus over the past year, the massive lay-offs of federal employees followed by equally ...

The bird flu outbreak has affected dairy cow farms and poultry flocks, as egg prices have skyrocketed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still rates the current public health risk as ...