MONTPELIER - Vermont dairy farmers have achieved a critical benchmark from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

The laboratory is also collaborating with the Minnesota Board of Animal Health to conduct raw milk testing for HPAI, which ...

Avian flu virus, also known as bird flu, continues to affect poultry producers around the globe and US dairy farms in 2025 ...

USDA is now ordering all dairy cattle must be tested prior to moving the animals across state lines as a way to help stop the spread of HPAI H5N1 impacting dairy herds across the country. This comes ...

Heat stress not only impacts lactating dairy cows, it also affects dry cows ... have a reduced ability to absorb immunoglobulins from colostrum leading to a less robust immune system,” Laporta ...

Clipboard in hand, James Reynolds walks through a 5,000-cow dairy near Hanford ... for sanitation or colostrum management. “FARM helps dairies identify opportunities to improve the health and ...

Testing will be done at nearby flocks to determine whether HPAI has spread. USDA Wildlife Services and Indiana Department of Natural Resources are assisting with surveillance of wild birds in and near ...

Though beef cattle colostrum is generally regarded as high in IgG concentration compared to dairy cattle, Elizabeth Homerosky, DVM, MSc, DABVP, Veterinary Agri-Health Services, Airdrie, Alberta, set ...