Hacker News with Generative AI: Livestock

Livestock feed additives for methane mitigation (sciencedirect.com)
PFAS in fertilisers blamed for killing livestock in Texas and wreaking havoc (chemistryworld.com)
The mystery of why farmers had started falling ill in Johnson County, Texas and what killed the fish in their ponds and livestock on their ranches may have been solved.
Aphis Confirms D1.1 Genotype in Dairy Cattle in Nevada (2nd form of avian flu) (usda.gov)
On January 31, 2025, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) confirmed by whole genome sequence the first detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1 in dairy cattle.
H5N1 bird flu spills over again; Nevada cows hit with different, deadly strain (arstechnica.com)
Cows in Nevada have been infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu different from the strain detected in all other herds to this point in the ongoing dairy outbreak.
AI helps farmers target weeds, livestock illnesses and pests (abc.net.au)
Artificial intelligence is being used on dairy farms, with some cows fitted with radio ID collars.
H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest US bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread (statnews.com)