South Africa culls nearly 2.5M chickens in effort to contain bird flu outbreaks

[ad_1] The South African government says nearly 2.5 million chickens have been culled in an effort to contain outbreaks of two separate strains of avian influenza that have threatened to…

Dutch government reports 1 case of mad cow disease on farm

[ad_1] THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A cow that died recently on a Dutch farm tested positive for mad cow disease, the government of the Netherlands announced Wednesday, in a…