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Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak Spreads Through South Korea

South Korea is suffering its worst-ever outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, with the highly contagious virus spreading to farms across the country despite a nationwide quarantine effort. The agriculture ministry today confirmed that four new outbreaks had been detected -- three on cattle farms and one at a pig farm --...

Rare Miniature Panda Calf Born on Colorado Farm

(Jan. 2) – He does look a bit like a panda, with thick black fur interrupted by a white belt around the middle, and an adorable white face with black ovals around the eyes. But newborn Ben moos just like the calf he is. Ben is a miniature panda cow, reportedly one of only 24 in the world, born to a lowline Angus cow...

Rinderpest Virus Eradicated: How to Knock a Virus Into Nonexistence

(Oct. 15) -- It's been more than three decades since the World Health Organization declared that mankind had "won freedom from smallpox," a devastating virus that once killed millions of people each year. Now rinderpest, a virus that afflicts cattle, has become the second virus ever declared fully eradicated by scientists,...

Holy Cow! Cattle Embroiled in Violent Incidents

(July 29) -- It's a bad time to be a cow. The often-docile farm animals known mainly for meat, milk and mooing have been involved in a number of violent incidents in recent days -- including several deadly confrontations. Reports of fatal encounters between "killer cows" and hikers in Switzerland have changed the...