With the avian influenza spreading throughout the region, now is the time for biosecurity to ramp up on poultry operations and for consumers to continue to support the poultry industry, an expert says ...

H5N1 headlines are unsettling for anyone who collects eggs from a coop instead of a carton, but they are also a practical ...

Summer is a good time to review how to prevent disease from coming onto your farm, says University of Missouri Extension dairy specialist Chloe Collins. Live animals, vehicles, equipment, animal ...

Health challenges with PRRS and PED persist, along with emerging diseases at our doorstep such as New World screwworm.

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Cattle are vulnerable to many diseases. The spore-forming bacteria that cause clostridial diseases (blackleg, malignant edema, redwater, enterotoxemia in calves, etc.) can be spread via cattle feces.

Bird flu is back in the headlines, and if you keep a few hens behind the garage or a full mixed flock on the edge of town, the risk is no longer an abstract problem for industrial barns. Highly ...