The cow’s amazing ability to sustain itself by eating nothing but grass is one of the marvels of nature, but it comes at a cost. As grass ferments in the rumen — one of four compartments in th ...

A new version of the virus is widespread in wild birds but had not previously been detected in cows. By Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form ...

Photo By Buddy Mays/Getty Images). Imagine a pastoral scene.. Cows grazing on lush green grass, a vigorous vegetable garden, and sugar maple trees dominating a distant hill. Now imagine a feedlot ...

You know, we've never thought about the first time a cow moos. It just seemed like something they innately knew how to do.

A recent letter to the editor (“Honor motherhood and reconsider cow’s milk,” May 7 Leader) on the dairy industry causes a great deal of concern. There were numerous false statements over the ...

Patience also turns out to be crucial when cows communicate with each other. When a mother calls her calf, it sometimes takes 60 seconds for the calf to respond. The space between is filled with ...

At least four cattle herds in Nevada have tested positive for a strain of H5N1 bird flu never before seen in cows, state agriculture officials confirmed Wednesday, and respiratory symptoms like ...

The same strain is linked to the bird flu patient who died in Louisiana. A second type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on ...

An Illinois cow breeder loves nothing more than to bring her work home with her, with her TikTok account full of four-legged friends inside the house. And it seems her mom is totally OK with this too.

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections.