Infecting dairy cows with the H5N1 virus in a laboratory setting can trigger clinical signs of disease similar to those of naturally infected animals on dairy farms.
Focus groups address key sustainability goals and sector targets related to land resources, water resources and air and greenhouse gas emissions in the US beef industry.
ARS Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory, in partnership with Montana State University’s Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, has been helping producers improve agricultural production nationwide since 1924.
The laboratory's scientific legacy is rooted in decades of combined research on inbreeding and selection, spanning the performance of sheep, milking shorthorn cattle, horses, turkeys, swine and beef cattle.
Researchers develop a genotyping assay suitable for clinical samples with higher discriminatory power than previously used infectious laryngotracheitis virus
genotype assays.
The Agricultural Research Service inducts David Suarez into its Science Hall of Fame for his research on avian influenza, Newcastle disease and emerging zoonotic viruses.