livestock diseases

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Bird flu has returned to Minnesota less than four months after the deadly poultry disease was last detected in the state, the Board of Animal Health…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A cow that died recently on a Dutch farm tested positive for mad cow disease, the government of the Netherlands announced Wednesday, in a rare…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A cow that died recently on a Dutch farm has tested positive for mad cow disease, the government announced Wednesday, in a rare case of the…

By JONEL ALECCIA - AP Health Writer U.S. Army veteran Matt Schermerhorn couldn’t give blood for years because he was stationed in Europe during a deadly…

By DAVID PITT - Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday proposed sweeping changes in the way chicken and…

By VICTORIA MILKO - AP Science Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Thousands of cattle are covered in blisters from highly infectious foot-and-mouth…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Anthrax has been confirmed in dozens of cattle found dead in a nature park southeast of the Croatian capital of Zagreb, authorities said…

By ANDI JATMIKO and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Australia’s top agriculture official met with his Indonesian counterpart…

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A foot-and-mouth disease outbreak has disrupted ritual slaughter of animals to mark Eid…