Livestock/Equine News

Weekly livestock and equine news: August 24, 2020

Researchers look to equine antibodies as potential COVID-19 treatment Borrowing from decades of experience producing snake antivenoms, scientists, veterinarians...

Oral anthrax vaccine could help livestock, wildlife

Researchers at Texas A&M University are working to perfect an anthrax vaccine that can be delivered to livestock orally,...

ASF continues to spread, as Danish prevention technique shows early success

The global distribution of African swine fever two years after it first emerged in China is a pattern of...

Weekly livestock news: August 17, 2020

Fatty acids in feed may influence dairy production, research shows Changing the fatty acid profile of dairy feed has...

Two new genes identified in infectious bronchitis virus

Two genes recently discovered in infectious bronchitis virus, the cause of a highly contagious poultry disease, demonstrate the complexities...

Grooming behavior in dairy cows points to complex social networks

Dairy cow herds have complex social structures, and they’re revealed in the animals’ grooming habits, new research shows. Scientists...

Weekly livestock and equine news: August 10, 2020

U.S. farm income may suffer due to coronavirus impact on livestock Meatpackers are operating at high volume again following...

Commercially available cell line can detect ASF

Federal researchers have identified a new way of detecting African swine fever that minimizes the need for samples from...

Weekly livestock news: August 3, 2020

Farmer mental health bill clears senate A bipartisan bill meant to improve access to mental health care in rural...

COVID-19 exposure risk extremely low for pigs and poultry: FAO

The risk of exposure to the coronavirus from contact with pigs and poultry is extremely low, according to the...