Cows

Malta fireworks factory explodes, two injured, livestock killed

The explosion could be heard from several kilometers away and shattered windows across large portions of Malta.

AN EXPLOSION in a fireworks factory in Malta.
FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY of immortalized beef cells, mitochondria labeled green.

Hebrew U team opens ‘barn’ door to affordable lab-grown beef as cow cells defy aging

  CAPTION - PROF. AYAL KIMHI with friends on his moshav, Kfar Warburg.

Israeli cow breaks milk yield record as climate change cuts dairy output

 Illustrative image of a dairy cow.

600 cows return to rebuilt Kibbutz Kissufim dairy farm nearly two years later


What happens when you feed seaweed to Angus and Wagyu cows?

Livestock is responsible for 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with the largest portion coming from methane gas released by cattle during digestion.

 Please, belch less. An Angus stud.

Pasteurization may not clear bird flu virus from heavily infected milk

The US Food and Drug Administration surveyed pasteurized retail samples of milk and estimated that a fifth of the US milk supply contained strands of virus.

 Baby bottle with milk inside.

Israel Central Statistics Bureau releases data on milk and honey production in honor of Shavuot

Israel has the highest milk yield per cow in the world and is far ahead of its closest competitors.

 Milk and honey (Illustrative)

Cows, cats and now alpacas: Bird flu discovered for first time in 4 Idaho alpacas

The virus the alpacas were infected with was the same strain that has been spreading among dairy cattle in recent months.

 An alpaca (illustrative)

Therapy animals have strong feelings on the gender of their patients - study

The scientists examined the behavioral and cognitive traits of cattle that work as therapy animals.

 Illustrative image of a dairy cow.

Second case of bird flu among dairy workers found in Michigan

A nasal swab of the farm worker tested negative, but an eye swab tested negative.

A sign at the edge of an exclusion zone warns of the closure of a footpath after an outbreak of bird flu in the village of Upham in southern England, February 3, 2015.

Bird flu has been circulating in cows for months, may be spreading among farm workers

The H5N1 subvariant of bird flu has been increasingly reported in cattle in recent months.

 Illustrative image of a dairy cow.

WHO warns bird flu 'significant concern' as virus spreads between cows

Analyses of viruses found in the cows have so far not found any changes affiliated with transmission between people.

A sign at the edge of an exclusion zone warns of the closure of a footpath after an outbreak of bird flu in the village of Upham in southern England, February 3, 2015.

Bird flu continues to spread in cows in US, human infected

The CDC stressed that the overall human health risk of the bird flu remains low.

 Illustrative image of a dairy cow.

Dairy cows in US sickened by bird flu for first time

Unlike poultry, the cattle do not need to be culled and are expected to make a full recovery.

 Illustrative image of a dairy cow.