by admin | Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
In the US, the first known case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a dairy herd in Wisconsin has been confirmed via routine national milk testing. On 14 December, the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) National...
by admin | Mar 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
Newcastle disease is spreading to more countries in Europe, and in countries where the disease was already prevalent, the number of infected farms has steadily been increasing. This is according to a report by Defra. In the 7 months till the end of January, Poland has...
by admin | Mar 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
A doctor told Heather May she had the flu, but the dog she adopted, a big yellow Lab named Scout, seemed to know something more serious was going on. “I was home resting, and Scout would not leave my side,” May says. “He was on the bed with his head on top of me. He...
by admin | Feb 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Some 17 months ago, scientists detected an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in dairy cattle in Nebraska in the US. The virus spread among cattle but also spilled back into poultry, wild birds, other mammals, and humans. Writing in Nature...
by admin | Jan 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
Italy has, between the end of December and the first day of 2026, recorded 43 cases of high pathogenic avian influenza in domestic poultry. Almost half of the infected poultry farms are specialised in turkey meat while 8 hold laying hens, the reports of the Istituto...
by admin | Jan 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
In Herzogenrath, Germany, just across the border from Kerkrade, a Dutch town in Limburg, bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8) has been detected in a calf. This was reported by the German North Rhine-Westphalia Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (LAVE.NRW). At...
