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. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspective Service (APHIS) announced…
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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…
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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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USDA confirmed COVID-19 in a Canada lynx at a Pennsylvania zoo
On Dec. 21, 2021, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced confirmation of…
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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…
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TGen case study documented first reported U.S. transmission of COVID from a pet owner to pets
On Nov. 1, 2021, for the first time in the U.S., the transmission of COVID-19 from pet parent…
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Life-Saving Vaccines
Our Life-Saving Vaccines cartoon illustrates four invaluable vaccines that have affected human civilization throughout history from smallpox and…
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USDA confirmed COVID-19 infection in a Coatimundi at an Illinois Zoo
On Oct. 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service (ARS) announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the…
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US Department of Defense announced mandatory coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination of civilian employees
On Oct. 4, 2021, the the Secretary of Defense directed the mandatory vaccination of Service members against the…
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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…
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Great cats tested presumptive positive for COVID-19 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
On Sept. 17, 2021, six African lions, a Sumatran tiger and two Amur tigers tested presumptive positive at…
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Zoo Atlanta reported nine western lowland gorillas tested positive for COVID-19
On Sept. 17, 2021, Zoo Atlanta reported that of the 20 gorillas at the Zoo, 18 showed clinical…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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USDA study revealed airborne fungus can trigger plant growth
On Sept. 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) announced that a harmless…
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USDA grants to fund studies of plant viruses, insecticides
On Sept. 17, 2020, two Cornell University research teams, studying crop viruses and insecticides’ physiological effects on insects,…
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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) has confirmed the first cases of SARS-Co-V-2,…
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USDA announced an initial purchase of vaccine for National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank
On Jul. 8, 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)…
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AgReliant Genetics was founded
Jul. 1, 2020, was the twentieth anniversary of AgReliant Genetics’ founding by global seed companies KWS of Einbeck,…
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The 10th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was declared over
On Jun. 25, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the end of the 10th outbreak of Ebola…
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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…
