Animal Health & Veterinary

Animal Health & Veterinary

H5N1 experience shows importance of One Health collaboration

Cheryl Stroud of the One Health Commission says the dairy cattle outbreak reveals gaps in communication across animal agriculture.

Legal News

Federal judge lets part of Triumph Foods’ Prop 12 challenge move forward

A court will allows the meat processor to continue pressing a Commerce Clause challenge to the state’s pig confinement law while tossing a separate due process claim.

Antibiotic-free Production

Research links rise in antibiotic use to viral outbreaks in poultry

Industry survey ties most of a recent jump in antibiotic use in poultry to outbreaks of avian metapneumovirus and colibacillosis.

African Swine Fever

Study: Humans facilitated spread of ASF between wild boar and pigs

African swine fever spread rapidly in Romania in 2018 due to human movement of pigs and pork products, not just wild boar migration, new research says.

New World screwworm

Study: Fight against NWS must include wildlife surveillance

A new study warns that efforts to control New World screwworm (NWS) will be weakened if governments focus primarily on legal livestock production systems while overlooking illegal cattle movements, wildlife, protected areas and remote landscapes where infestations can go undetected.

New World screwworm

FFAR research to advance more effective control of New World screwworm

This research advances a radiation-free sterility approach that could become a critical component of NWS eradication efforts in the U.S.

African Swine Fever

ASF hits more communities in the Philippines

The Southeast Asian nation has seen more cases of African swine fever (ASF) in the Visayas region in recent weeks, and there has been a sharp year-on-year increase in outbreaks in Vietnam.

New World screwworm

Texas ag commissioner to FDA: Approve feed-based ivermectin to fight NWS

The request, submitted on behalf of the Texas Grain and Feed Association, seeks an emergency use authorization allowing ivermectin to be incorporated into medicated feed and mineral supplements for cattle and other susceptible livestock.

New World screwworm

US sees 29 cases of New World screwworm in June

The latest case was reported in a dog in Pecos County, Texas, on June 30.

Animal Welfare

Farm labor shortage bad for business, animals

Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act of 2026 hailed by Farm Bureau as a means to alleviate problems with labor shortage.

African Swine Fever

Philippines prepares for commercial ASF vaccination

Within a few weeks, vaccination of pigs on a commercial scale against African swine fever (ASF) is scheduled to start in the Philippines.

Antibiotic-free Production

FDA, environmental group tracking rise in livestock antibiotic sales

The cause of the increased antibiotic sales remains unclear and could signal worsening animal health, researcher says.

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