Nine beavers were found dead in Utah after contracting rabbit fever. Rabbit fever can be contracted by humans and become life-threatening. Roughly 300 people in the US are diagnosed with rabbit fever each year. READ MORE:
Dairy cattle moving between states must be tested for the bird flu virus, U.S. agriculture officials said Wednesday as they try to track and control the growing outbreak.
The order from USDA comes as particles of bird flu were detected in a few pasteurized milk samples, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday. The spread of the bird flu among cattle has prompted the FDA to increase testing.
Global warming has made mosquito-borne diseases possible in more countries with unprepared public health systems.
A new report appears to have explained the reason behind the spyware iPhone notification.
Mexico has been crushing Texas farmers and border communities by not releasing water from its dams as part of an international agreement signed in 1944. The ongoing issue, worsened by sustained droughts has pushed a Texas county to issue an emergency declaration.
A person is being treated for bird flu after contact with Texas dairy cows infected with the virus, state and federal officials said Monday. This is the first time avian influenza A(H5N1) has been detected in cattle in the United States, the Texas Department of State Health Services said. DSHS officials said they believe the human case is linked to recent detections of the virus found this year in two dairy herds in Texas and two in...
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 15, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has confirmed that nine beavers found dead in the past few months tested positive for a disease called tularemia, which also can be dangerous to humans. The DWR is asking the public to take caution by not touching the […] The post Utah DWR confirms 9 beavers killed by disease harmful to humans first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
A bird flu outbreak infecting dairy cows in the U.S. that has seeped into the country’s milk supply is under investigation, but the the WHO says the risk to the public is low.
South Dakota among states with confirmed cases of avian influenza within cattle
New York State has announced temporary import requirements for dairy cattle coming into the state following detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in dairy cattle and goats in other states. The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets said no cases have been detected in New York livestock to date, and the USDA continues […]
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is encouraging veterinarians to keep an eye out for signs of avian influenza in dairy cattle following recent discoveries of cases of the disease in U.S. cow herds. Avian influenza has not been discovered in dairy cattle or other livestock in Canada. But since March, U.S. officials have confirmed cases of the illness in dairy cow herds in nine states. Officials suspect that wild birds may have spread the virus to the cattle, though it appears cattle...