Animal Health

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The first cases of waterborne diseases are emerging in inundated areas of Brazil, where the flood death toll has reached 116, officials said.  

A new strain of the animal disease bluetongue has appeared in the UK after infected cattle were brought into the country, the Government has said.  

Defra said the animals' documentation complied with the EU bluetongue rules governing the movement of livestock. There is currently no evidence that the ...  

Farmers are calling for a ban on livestock from France after a new strain of the animal disease bluetongue was found in Britain for the first time.  

Seven imported cattle have tested positive for the disease Bluetongue, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has said.  

A strange poisonous bacterial infection has broken out in the country, killing one student and infecting three others, the US based Centre for Disease Control confirmed yesterday.  

Human displacement and the accompanying decline in sanitation is often a recipe for a disease outbreak, and the latest fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is no different.  

Nairobi, Kenya - Kenyan animal health authorities have issued an alert over an imminent outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in the country's North Eastern region bordering Ethiopia and Somalia. In the alert issued Thursday from Garissa, the North Eastern ...  

In early 12/93, a waterborne disease outbreak was identified in Gideon, MO. Initially 6-9 cases of diarrhoea were identified at a local nursing home.  

New Lab Becomes Part of Animal Health and Diagnostic Commission System Now in 20th Year  

During the outbreak of equine influenza that occurred in Australia in 2007, mental health researchers identified extremely high levels of psychological distress in horse owners and other people involved in the ...  

VIENNA (AFP) — The first case of livestock disease bluetongue has been detected in a cow in Austria, Health Minister Andrea Kdolsky said Wednesday. ...  

VIENNA, Austria : Austria's Health Ministry says a cow has tested positive for the bluetongue virus in the country's first ever case. The bluetongue virus is carried by midges — tiny flies — and affects cows, sheep and other ruminant animals. The ...  

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Board of Animal Health today announced that three mature cows sent to slaughter from a buyout herd in Beltrami County tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (TB). The herd is located in the state’s Modified Accredited Zone, within the Management Zone. This finding...  

ST. PAUL (AP) — The Minnesota Board of Animal Health said three cows from a herd inside the state’s bovine tuberculosis management zone have tested positive for the disease.