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Test tubes labelled “Bird Flu” and eggs are seen in this picture illustration, January 14, 2023.
Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File

Two dozen companies working to find bird flu vaccine for cows, US agriculture secretary says

By Leah Douglas June 13, 2024

Reuters – Twenty-four companies are working to develop an avian flu vaccine for cattle, as the virus spreads among U.S. dairy herds, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters on Wednesday. Bird flu has infected 90 dairy herds across 12 states since late March, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Three dairy farm workers […] Read more

The RFID tag should be put ideally a quarter of the way out from the head and in the middle.

Cattleman’s Corner

More cattle tags being retained

Animal Health: Tag makers continue to improve reliability of tags against harsh conditions

By Roy Lewis June 13, 2024

The national livestock identification system has been around for a good while now, close to 25 years. Through the system’s growing pains, lots of lessons have been learned and the system is being fine-tuned. Producers are deriving more and more benefit from using farm management systems linked to readers linked to scales, all based on […] Read more

Jodie Griffin, program coordinator for the Livestock Price Insurance program, presents at the SSGA AGM. Photo: Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Livestock Price Insurance coming to maritime producers

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan June 10, 2024

At the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) conference on June 10 in Swift Current, Sask., Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) vice president Tyler Fulton highlighted the expansion of Livestock Price Insurance, which will be available to producers in Eastern Canada. Initially announced in February, the expansion will finally come into effect sometime this week. “It’s something […] Read more

News, Reuters

US to research possible respiratory spread of bird flu in cows

By Julie Steenhuysen, Leah Douglas, P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters June 7, 2024

U.S. federal and state agencies are planning research into potential respiratory spread of bird flu among dairy cattle, according to a Reuters interview with Michigan state agriculture and public health officials.

Bird flu outbreak reported in Minnesota dairy herd, the state’s first

By Reuters June 6, 2024

The ongoing U.S. outbreak of avian flu in dairy cattle reached Minnesota on Thursday as the state announced its first infected herd.

Dairy cattle in Canada. (Pearman314/iStock/Getty Images)

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Cows infected with bird flu have died in five US states

By Reuters June 6, 2024

Dairy cows infected with avian flu in five U.S. states have died or been slaughtered by farmers because they did not recover, state officials and academics told Reuters.

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Bird flu reported in Iowa dairy herd, expanding US outbreak in cows

By Reuters, Tom Polansek June 5, 2024

Iowa, which is projected to be the tenth biggest milk-producing state this year, is the first new state to find an infected dairy herd since the U.S. confirmed an outbreak in Colorado on April 26.

FILE PHOTO: Test tubes labelled “Bird Flu” and eggs are seen in this picture illustration, January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

News, Reuters

Bird flu infects third US dairy worker; Michigan set to expand testing

By Reuters, Tom Polansek May 30, 2024

A third U.S. dairy worker tested positive for bird flu after exposure to infected cows, and was the first to suffer respiratory problems, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

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U.S. FDA clears methane-reducing feed additive Bovaer

By Reuters May 29, 2024

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared methane-reducing feed additive Bovaer for lactating dairy cows, Elanco Animal Health said yesterday.

News, Reuters

Bird flu found in U.S. alpacas

May 29, 2024

The bird flu strain that has infected dairy cattle herds in nine U.S. states has been detected in alpacas, says the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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Dairy cattle

Two dozen companies working to find bird flu vaccine for cows, US agriculture secretary says

More cattle tags being retained

Livestock Price Insurance coming to maritime producers

US to research possible respiratory spread of bird flu in cows

Bird flu outbreak reported in Minnesota dairy herd, the state’s first

Cows infected with bird flu have died in five US states

Bird flu reported in Iowa dairy herd, expanding US outbreak in cows

Bird flu infects third US dairy worker; Michigan set to expand testing

U.S. FDA clears methane-reducing feed additive Bovaer

Bird flu found in U.S. alpacas

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