Overlooking dry cows and bred heifers during hot weather can carry long-term consequences for calf health and future ...

In early March, Dr. Barb Petersen, a large-animal vet in Texas, began getting calls from the dairy farms she works with in the Panhandle. Workers there were seeing a lot of cows with mastitis, an ...

Ditch the generic “shot list.” Leading veterinarians explain why a written, herd-specific plan is the only way to maximize ...

The "Cattle Mooves" project aims to turn cattle movement into measurable data that could support earlier mobility assessment ...

Since a new form of bird flu arrived in 2022, federal officials have sought to reassure Americans that the threat to the public remained low. By Noah Weiland Benjamin Mueller and Emily Anthes The ...

Bird flu is here to stay. The H5N1 avian influenza is proliferating among U.S. cows and there are now two strains circulating among mammals and birds. Though there are only 68 confirmed cases in ...

Cows eat grass...everyone knows that. But climate change is forcing producers and scientists to rethink some of our long-held ...

Ranchers need to ensure they're providing feeds that meet nutritional requirements, including micro and macro nutrients and vitamins. Feed testing and supplementing is vital for healthy herds. Quality ...

Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a second version of the avian influenza virus that is different from the one rampaging through herds since the spring, Agriculture Department officials ...

For most dairy farmers, milk flowing from their cows is tested by a traveling technician once per month. But in a world where bovine mastitis can appear from one day to the next, it is udderly ...

We’ve all been led to believe that cow’s milk is best for strong, healthy bones. But a new study — published in the journal Food Science and Nutrition — casts some doubt upon this well-trodden, bovine ...