USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in Kansas and Illinois
On Mar. 10, 2022, the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA), in conjunction with the Illinois Department of Natural…
USDA confirmed highlypathogenic Avian influenza in flock of commercial broiler chickens in Missouri
On Mar. 4, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed…
Oregon Department of Agriculture confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Pacific Flyway
On Mar. 2, 2022, the World Organization for Animal Health confirmed a bald eagle found dead in British…
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Yield10 Bioscience Field Test Results Show Seed Oil Content Increase in Camelina and Canola
On Mar. 1, 2022, Yield10 Bioscience announced that 2021 field test results showed that the trait C3020 tested…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in a non-commercial backyard flock in Michigan
On Feb. 24, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in a commercial poultry flock in Delaware
On Feb. 23, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in non-commercial backyard flock in New York
On Feb. 19, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in flock of chickens in Kentucky and backyard flock in Virginia
On Feb. 14, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed…
CDC announced H5N1 bird flu virus in U.S. wild birds and poultry posed a low risk to the public
On Feb. 14, 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the current risk…
H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) Reported in indiana
On Feb. 9, 2022, the Indiana Department of Health confirmed that a case of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in a wild bird in South Carolina
On Jan. 14, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed a highly pathogenic…
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The USDA confirmed COVID-19 in Hyenas at a Colorado Zoo
On Nov. 5, 2021, the USDA’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 in two spotted…
Animal Biosecurity and Agro-Defense Program launched at Auburn
On Oct. 2, 2021, the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine was announced as the home to the…
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USDA confirmed COVID-19 in Ferret in Florida
On Sept. 24, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 in a ferret in…
USDA confirmed COVID-19 in deer in Ohio
On Aug. 27, 2021, the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes…
Oregon required all captive mink vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2
On May 28, 2021, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) lifted the quarantine on the Oregon mink farm…
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COVID-19 science and reason
COVID-19 and it’s naysayers are attacking Science and Reason. The defenders must suffer the slings and arrows from…
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Oregon mink farm cleared from SARS-CoV-2; farm quarantine lifted
On Feb. 11, 2021, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) lifted the quarantine on the Oregon mink farm…
USDA confirmed COVID-19 in a cougar and tiger at a wild animal exhibitor in Texas
On Feb. 10, 2021, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced confirmation of…
Zoetis Introducted Poulvac® Procerta™ HVT-IBD vaccine for infectious bursal disease
On Jan. 21, 2021, Zoetis announced it had as expanded its line of recombinant vector vaccines with the…
The USDA confirmed COVID-19 in gorillas at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
On Jan. 13, 2021, the USDAﾒs (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that…
Tests at an Oregon mink farm showed SARS-CoV-2 still present with no virus mutations
On Jan. 13, 2021, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) continueed to test, survey, and trap at an…
Mink at affected Oregon farm negative for SARS-CoV-2, wildlife surveillance continued
On Dec. 23, 2020, recent tests confirmed mink that tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 at an Oregon farm in…
USDA confirmed COVID-19 in a snow leopard at a Kentucky zoo
On Dec. 11, 2020, the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced the first confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 (the…
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First case of SARS-CoV-2 in mink confirmed in Oregon
On Nov. 27, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it had confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2…
USDA study revealed airborne fungus can trigger plant growth
On Sept. 23, 2020, the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) announced that a harmless airborne fungus, Cladosporium sphaerospermum…
USDA research showed higher carbohydrate and balanced fat intake can prevent certain diseases
On Sept. 15, 2020, a team of scientists in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agriculture Research Service…
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USDA confirmed SARS-CoV-2 in mink in Utah
On Aug. 17, 2020, the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) announced the first confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2…
USDA announced an initial purchase of vaccine for National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank
On Jul. 8, 2020, the USDA announced the initial purchase of vaccine for the National Animal Vaccine and…
Successful detailed tracking of major plant disease’s global spread
On Jun. 4, 2020, Agricultural Research Service scientists and their Oregon State University collaborators announced they had developed…