France kicked off world first bird flu vaccination despite trade backlash
On Oct. 2, 2023, France began vaccinating ducks against bird flu to try and stem the virus that…
USDA Protected U.S. Poultry with Restrictions on Poultry Products from France and the European Union
On Sept. 29, 2023, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced it…
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APHIS issued regulatory status review response for Ohalo Genetics potato
On Sept. 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced…
USDA approved genetic engineered hemp plant to reduce THC and CBC levels
On Sep. 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced they had reviewed a hemp plant modified…
USDA, Washington State University break ground on state-of-the-art agricultural research racility
On Aug. 1, 2023, the U.S. Dept of Agriculture announced the groundbreaking of a new Plant Sciences Building…
USDA and DHS opened new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas
On May 24, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science…
USDA, University of Kentucky broke ground on new forage research building
On May 23, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for a new research…
Scientists used gene-editing technology to produce first calf resistant to major viral disease
On May. 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that scientists have collaborated to produce the first…
Highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed as cause of three California condor mortalities in Arizona
On Apr. 7, 2023, the U.S. National Park Service reported Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) had been confirmed…
Highly pathogenic Avian influenza confirmed in Columbia County, Oregon.
On Dec. 1, 2022, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agricultureï¾’s Animal Plant Health…
USDA opened new poultry research facility in Georgia
On Oct. 4, 2022, the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, opened its new research…
USDA issued positive Regulatory Status Review response for Norfolk Plant Sciences’ Purple Tomato
On Sept. 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service had reviewed…
Genetically modified corn does not damage non-target organisms
On Jun. 6, 2022, the USDA reported that the largest, highest quality analysis of data ever conducted revealed…
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Highly pathogenic Avian influenza detected in a non-commercial backyard flock in Oregon
On May 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in Kansas and Illinois
On Mar. 12, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the presence…
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 Agricultureï¾’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed…
USDA increased efforts to protect U.S. poultry and expanded wild bird surveillance for Avian influenza
On Feb. 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agricultureï¾’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced…
The USDA confirmed COVID-19 in Hyenas at a Colorado Zoo
On Nov. 5, 2021, the USDAï¾’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…
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…
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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…
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 USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes…
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 USDAï¾’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…
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…
First case of SARS-CoV-2 in mink confirmed in Oregon
On Nov. 27, 2020, the USDA announced that it had confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 in mink at one…
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…