U.S. detects H5N1 bird flu in a pig for the first time on Oregon Farm
On Oct. 30, 2024, the the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that H5N1 bird flu was confirmed…
Goat tested positive for same influenza virus affecting poultry in Stevens County, Minnesota
On Mar. 20, 2024, the Minnesota Board of Health announced that a Stevens County goat kid (juvenile goat)…
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome reported in United Arab Emirates
On Jul. 24, 2023, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), notified WHO of a case of Middle East Respiratory…
MediciNova initiated sheep study under BARDA to develop MN-166 (ibudilast) as countermeasure against chlorine
On Jun. 7, 2021, MediciNova announced it had initiated a sheep study to investigate MN-166 (ibudilast) in an…
UGA researchers discovered a vaccine for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) virus
On Apr. 25, 2019, researchers at the University of Georgia announced they had successfully discovered a single-dose vaccine…
Monkey twins first primate clones made by the method that developed Dolly
On Jan. 24, 2018, Chinese scientists announced they had produced two genetically identical long-tailed macaques using the same…
A sheep named Dolly in Scotland becomes the first animal cloned from an adult cell
On Jul. 5, 1996, Dolly, a Finn Dorset sheep was born at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland…
Amgen scientists isolated the gene that created erythropoietin (EPO)
In 1983, Amgen scientists isolated the gene that creates EPO and filed a patent. Pioneering studies on erythropoietin…
D. Weinman and A.H Chandler suggested Toxoplasma gondii transmission via consumption of undercooked meat
In 1954, D. Weinman and A.H Chandler suggested T. gondii transmission via consumption of undercooked meat. in 1956,…
Friedrich Loffler and Paul Frosch discovered that foot-and-mouth disease is caused by a virus
In 1899, German scientists Friedrich Loffler and Paul Frosch discovered that foot-and-mouth disease which affects cattle, swine, sheep,…
Successful blood transfusions from sheep to humans were reported
On Jun. 15, 1667, the first successful blood transfusions from sheep to humans were reported separately by Jean-Baptiste…