On U.S. dairy operations, mastitis remains the costliest disease, driven by expenses for antibiotic treatments and losses in ...

Infection in a cow’s udder or contact with manure can contaminate milk. Pasteurized milk is safe to drink. Animal waste can get into lakes and streams. The contaminated water can spread bacteria ...

Scientists were surprised to suddenly discover infections in the udders and milk of dairy cows this year, as the influenza virus is typically considered a respiratory disease. Bird flu was first ...

It seems that “cows aren’t a really good host for this virus unless you go directly to the udder ... in a neighboring cage showed signs of infection, suggesting that the virus circulating ...

Despite the spread in different animals, scientists were still surprised this year when infections were suddenly detected in cows — specifically, in the udders and milk of dairy cows.

Bird flu’s recent jump from poultry to cows is not reason enough for “all out panic”, though it is a “small step along that line”, warns the Jameel Institute at Imperial College London’s Dr Thom ...

The cows developed low-level infections, and they shed the virus from their noses and mouths for eight days. Two days after the infection, three healthy cows that had not been infected with the ...

Instead of injecting the virus into the udders, his team injected the viruses into the mouths and noses of the animals. The cows developed low-level infections, and they shed the virus from their ...