Texas dairies’ production is up amid higher milk and cheese prices, and growth is not expected to slow in 2025, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service dairy specialists. Jennifer Spencer, ...

Just as quickly as the bird flu is spreading, the virus is changing. Nearly three years ago, a flock of pheasants in Erath County became the first case of the bird flu in Texas. Since then, the bird ...

Scientists are sounding alarms about a genetic mutation that was recently identified in four dairy cow herds, nearly one year after H5N1 bird flu was first reported in Texas dairy cattle. The change ...

Type A H5N1 is known to infect birds and has sometimes infected people. Now it has surfaced in dairy cows in Kansas, New Mexico and Texas. Tests found bird flu in dairy milk from cows in Kansas and ...

The first calls that Dr. Barb Petersen received in early March were from dairy owners worried about crows, pigeons and other birds dying on their Texas farms. Then came word that barn cats — half of ...

A person in Texas has been diagnosed with the H5N1, or bird flu after direct contact with dairy cows, health officials said Monday. It’s the first case in the U.S. of highly pathogenic avian influenza ...