Mallie Touchton was always a farm animal kid. Since she was 8, Mallie was raising and showing her own market livestock – pigs, goats, and dairy calves. Even though she…
At Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital, world-class clinical care is matched with deep compassion for animals and the people who love them.
A strain of the H5N1 virus—best known for causing avian influenza—was detected in U.S. dairy cattle for the first time in March 2024. It has since spread to more than…
Researchers at Penn Vet examine how common food waste recycling methods, including composting, could have a big impact on greenhouse gas emissions and the use of natural resources.
As concerns about the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak continue to grow, experts from the University’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) and Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) visited…
Methane emissions from livestock are a leading contributor to climate warming. In a collaborative study testing the diets of cows, Dipti Pitta (pictured) and Nagaraju Indugu of the School of…
Funding from Gerstner Philanthropies will study effects of probiotic supplement to prevent methane production in commercial herds.
In a new study, researchers from the School of Veterinary Medicine identified attributes of low-methane-emitting dairy cows that could be used as targets for selective breeding.
Keeps Watch on Washington State’s Animal Health and Well-Being
