WASHINGTON -- Inspectors failed to perform a required mad cow disease test on a suspicious animal in Texas, the U.S. Agriculture Department said today, just as the Bush administration is pushing to ...

Reliance on individual dairy farmers to help track the spread of avian flu is leaving the federal government without the data necessary to understand — and slow — the virus’ spread in the U.S. The ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says migratory birds were most likely the initial source of infection in dairy cows in the Texas panhandle. Outbreaks to other states have been ...

WAVERLY, Min. — County fair season is in full swing in Minnesota, but things are different this year for kids looking to show dairy cows. Nearly 150 herds have tested positive for the H5N1 avian flu ...

Minnesota will begin testing raw milk from dairy cows to see if they have H5N1 bird flu starting Monday. "Every farm in the state will be tested once a month," said Dan Glessing, who owns Glessing ...

Scientists develop a non-invasive dung test for early pregnancy detection in tigresses, which was extended to detect cattle ...