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Latest Veterinary News & Clinical Insights
A New Broad-Spectrum H5N1 Vaccine Could Protect Livestock and the People Who Work With Them
When highly pathogenic avian influenza was first confirmed in dairy cattle in March 2024, it caught the scientific community off guard. Influenza jumping to a new species, particularly one with as much human contact and economic significance as dairy cattle, was not in the expected playbook. For Eric Weaver, director of the Nebraska Center for Virology and professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, it was a signal that the response needed to start immediately.
Texas Is Staffing Up to Stop Screwworm at the Border. Here's What's Happening.
The Texas Animal Health Commission is converting vacant positions across the state into dedicated New World screwworm and ectoparasite inspector roles, deploying them along the border to monitor livestock and fly traps as the parasite continues to advance through northern Mexico.
African Swine Fever Vaccine Research Just Got More Specific. Here's What the VAX4ASF Consortium Found.
New findings from the European VAX4ASF consortium, presented at the project's second General Assembly in Gödöllő, Hungary in May 2026, don't close that gap overnight. But they move the science forward in two areas that matter: understanding how the virus manipulates the host immune response, and identifying which antigens might be worth prioritizing in future vaccine design.
LSU Vet Med's Class of 2026 Just Crossed the Stage. Here's Who They Are.
On May 15, the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine held its 50th annual commencement ceremony, conferring 128 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees. The milestone marked half a century of graduating veterinarians from the only veterinary school in Louisiana, sending a new class into practices, internships, and residencies across the country and beyond.
Intradermal Vaccination Is Now on U.S. Sow Farms. Here's What a Year of Field Data Looks Like.
U.S. pork producers have always taken a protocol-by-protocol approach to herd health. What works for one operation doesn't automatically translate to the next, and the variables, housing, staffing, health status, welfare commitments, mean the best toolbox is a flexible one. In 2025, that toolbox got a new addition.
This Herd Monitoring Technology Can Flag Sick Cows 3 Days Before You'd Catch It Otherwise
In dairy practice and production, the gap between when a cow starts getting sick and when someone notices is where money, milk, and animal welfare quietly disappear. A cow that goes undetected for even a day or two loses milk production, misses breeding windows, accumulates treatment costs, and moves closer to early culling. In a thin-margin industry, that gap matters enormously.
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