The first detection of H5N1 bird flu in US swine has been reported on an Oregon backyard farm, raising concerns about potential human infection. The USDA assures low public health risk and no ...

(CNN) — H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a pig in the United States for the first time, the US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. The USDA and Oregon veterinary officials are ...

A nonprofit animal rights and medical ethics organization is suing the Defense Department for refusing to disclose details on its use of pigs and goats for medical training at four major military ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - This 2005 electron microscope image shows an avian influenza A H5N1 virion. (Cynthia Goldsmith ...

A case of H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. Pigs represent a ...

H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in a pig on a farm in Oregon, the first time the virus has been seen in a pig in the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Wednesday.

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is experiencing an outbreak of African Swine Fever especially in the Western Province and attempts are being made to stop the spread to other areas, officials have said. Sri ...

Babirusas are believed to have diverged from their pig ancestors between 26 million and 12 million years ago after getting isolated on Sulawesi when sea levels rose at the end of the last ice age.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — The two-week-old piglet found abandoned in Framingham earlier this week is in good hands. The Animal Rescue League of Boston (ARL) says Magnolia was turned over to them by ...