Dairy Cow Health & Disease

Livestock & Poultry Diseases

WOAH urges stronger measures against NWS as US reports first human case

The World Organisation for Animal Health is urging all stakeholders – especially those in animal health, agriculture, environment and public health sectors – to strengthen surveillance and diagnostic capacities for New World screwworm.

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Livestock & Poultry Diseases

HHS to allow emergency use authorization for animal drugs to fight NWS

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will allow the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to issue emergency use authorizations for animal drugs to treat or prevent infestations caused by the New World screwworm.

Livestock & Poultry Diseases

USDA adds to New World screwworm eradication efforts

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced its largest initiative yet to combat the New World screwworm.

Dairy Cow Health & Disease

Study eyes air, wastewater as source of H5N1 transmission on dairy farms

A recent study by researchers from Emory University and their colleagues from California, Colorado, Michigan and Virginia found evidence of the H5N1 virus in the air and wastewater on affected dairy farms.

Livestock & Poultry Diseases

What to do if you suspect New World screwworm on your farm

Due to the current outbreak of New World screwworm (NWS) in Central America and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is preparing for a domestic response in case NWS is discovered in the U.S.

Avian Influenza

Study: H5N1 has major economic costs for dairy industry

A new paper from a team of Cornell University researchers shows that the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus causes severe mastitis and decreased milk production in dairy cows, a drop-off that may extend beyond the clinical outbreak period.

Dairy Cow Health & Disease

New theory on milk fever in cows may also benefit human health

Professor Burim Ametaj, a nutritional immunobiologist in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Alberta, has introduced a new perspective, which he calls the Calci-Inflammatory Network.

Biosecurity

New NWS case halts planned reopening of southern ports to livestock

Due to a new case of New World screwworm (NWS) in Mexico, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has ordered the closure of livestock trade through southern ports of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border, nine days after announcing that some southern ports would reopen.

Animal Health & Veterinary

USDA to reopen some southern ports closed due to New World screwworm

A phased reopening of southern ports will begin with Douglas, Arizona, after progress in increasing New World screwworm (NWS) surveillance, detection and eradication efforts.

Animal Health & Veterinary

Texas to create New World screwworm response team

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Animal Health Commission to establish a joint Texas New World Screwworm Response Team to combat the recent northward spread of the New World screwworm.

Dairy Cow Health & Disease

FFAR research aims to protect dairy cattle against H5N1

The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) and Purdue University are investing US$301,562 into a Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research (ROAR) grant to develop an H5N1 vaccine for dairy cows.

Dairy Cow Health & Disease

First cases of lumpy skin disease reported in southern Europe

For the first time, the virus causing lumpy skin disease (LSD) has been detected in the region, affecting a herd of cattle on the Italian island of Sardinia.

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