Just 10 viral particles of the H5N1 bird flu that caused hundreds of influenza outbreaks in U.S. dairy cattle can cause infection in cows, a new study shows. The research, published in Nature ...

A strain of avian influenza that has likely sickened and killed millions of birds around the globe has popped up in an unexpected species: Cows. A person exposed to cattle on one of those Texas farms ...

The mystery surrounding sick cows in Switzerland has been solved: The Institute of Virology and Immunology has detected a new ...

A concentrated sugar solution could be just as effective as antibiotics at treating a common infection in dairy cows, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. The results were ...

A new study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the H5N1 bird flu virus is probably circulating undetected in livestock in many parts of the country and may be ...

Scientists say that findings from a small experiment lend hope the outbreak among dairy cattle can potentially be contained. By Carl Zimmer Ever since scientists discovered influenza infecting ...

Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer variant of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s been associated with severe infections in humans, according to the Nevada Department of Agriculture ...

A new study looking at the distribution of receptors that flu viruses can attach to in different cow tissues may help to explain the pattern of illness being seen in the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in U ...

New cow infection experiments reveal a striking paradox: H5N1 needs only a tiny dose to overwhelm mammary tissue and flood milk with virus, yet it failed to spread through contaminated milking ...

Just 10 viral particles of the H5N1 bird flu that caused hundreds of influenza outbreaks in U.S. dairy cattle can cause infection in cows, a new study shows. The research also hints at why the ...