Livestock Diseases
KOBE, Japan - Prized for its tender, marbled texture and succulent flavor, Kobe beef is a delicacy that can cost 19,000 yen ($200) for a slab of steak at some Japanese restaurants.
BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota is revisiting restrictions it placed on cattle imports from Minnesota nearly two years ago after bovine tuberculosis was detected in deer and cattle herds there, a state official said.
AMSTERDAM - The Dutch government said Thursday it will vaccinate all goats and sheep in the country against Q fever and kill many pregnant goats to rein in an outbreak that has caused the deaths of six people in 2009.
BOISE, Idaho - The infectious bacterial disease brucellosis has been found in a beef cow in eastern Idaho, and state agriculture officials are scrambling to see if the infection is isolated or if it has spread to other herds.
NEW YORK - Immunovaccine Inc. said Monday that Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drugmaker, is licensing its technology for use in vaccines for cattle.
