In Texas cattle country, ranchers brace for flesh-eating screwworms Reuters Gov. Abbott, USDA Secretary to discuss threat, prevention of New World screwworm KSAT Mexican ranchers struggle to adapt as a tiny parasite ravages their cattle exports to the US Chicago Tribune Mexican Ranchers Hit by Flesh-Eating Screwworm Want Action on Cattle Smuggling U.S. News & World Report United effort in the fight against New …
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Scarlett Johansson’s Voice Used to Scare Wolves, Save Cattle on Farms
A new report from The Wall Street Journal reveals that audio of Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver screaming at each other in Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” is being used by the United States Department of Agriculture to scare off wolves from killing cattle and scaring livestock on farms across the America. The fight scene is the most emotionally volatile moment …
Read More »Flies, ‘milk snatching’ among H5N1 transmission contributors in dairy cattle
Though H5N1 avian flu outbreaks in dairy cattle and commercial poultry are at low levels in the United States, scientists continue to sort out how the virus spreads on farms, and two new pieces of information this week shed more light on potential spread in dairy cattle: contamination from house flies and “milk snatching”. Over the last 30 days, the …
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