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Valley county judges warn residents of potential screwworm threat
4+ hour, 18+ min ago (358+ words) All four Rio Grande Valley county judges held a Monday joint news conference urging pet and livestock owners to watch for signs of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that feeds on the wounds of warm-blooded animals. There are…...
Police could treat stock seizures like a 'crime scene' in new welfare reform
4+ hour, 39+ min ago (606+ words) Chris Croker, Ayrston, Golspie, has used pain relief treatments during lamb marking his Thalabah-blood Merino sheep for decades. Pain relief has become a mainstay of the farm budget, but the woolgrower said it was still a "kick in the guts…...
Video: Riemerella anatipestifer infection, neurological findings, broiler Pekin ducklings
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (155+ words) Video demonstrating characteristic neurological signs in 4- to 5-week-old broiler Pekin ducklings with Riemerella anatipestifer infection. Notice lateral and dorsal recumbency of ducklings, leg paddling, and characteristic head circling and tremors (head shaking). Birds with these clinical signs are likely to…...
Celebrating master breeder success twice
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (943+ words) Breeding quality cows has been a long held passion for the De Cicco family which began when Cosimo and Maria started Benevento Holsteins in 1974. They named the stud after their home town in Italy. At the time Cosimo and Maria…...
Cow trip: a heartwarming rescue of calves and a father's transformation
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (385+ words) Mickey and Moose eat at Rosie's Farm Sanctuary in Potomac, Maryland. The proposition for my dad in June 2022 was simple yet absurd: "Want to come with me to a dairy farm in Vermont, rescue a calf, and drive him to…...
Press corps takes cover as bee swarm descends on White House lawn
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (120+ words) A massive swarm of bees descended on the White House grounds on Friday, forcing reporters in the North Lawn media area to take cover for about 20 minutes, according to reports. "There is a bee tornado happening here at the White…...
Iredell County Animal Services working to capture herd of wild mustangs that escaped
11+ hour, 9+ min ago (252+ words) Iredell County Animal Services, in coordination with the Iredell County Sheriff's Office and the N. C. State Highway Patrol, is actively responding to ongoing reports of loose livestock in the areas of Eufola Road and Lewis Ferry Road, and surrounding communities. Since…...
Frontiers | Comparative DCMS analysis reveals a novel breed-specific X-linked selection signature in Changthangi sheep
6+ hour, 41+ min ago (732+ words) Front. Genet. , 19 May 2026 Satish Kumar Illa 2" Vinod Kumar Yata 3 4. Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, Mathura, India 5. Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, USF Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, United States The X chromosome contributes to important…...
Horses were being ridden, worked, and domesticated long before anyone thought it was possible
10+ hour, 5+ min ago (832+ words) Not long ago, geneticists thought they had settled the origin story of domesticated horses with a single data point. Around 2200 BCE, one calm-tempered lineage swept across the ancient world. That was when horses changed history " or so the consensus went....
City horse death: Inspections carried out, joyrides restricted
7+ hour, 33+ min ago (20+ words) The Times of India - City horse death: Inspections carried out, joyrides restricted...