Reading Time: < 1 minute Iowa, which is projected to be the tenth biggest milk-producing state this year, is the first new state to find an infected dairy herd since the U.S. confirmed an outbreak in Colorado on April 26.
Bird flu reported in Iowa dairy herd, expanding US outbreak in cows
Bird flu infects third US dairy worker; Michigan set to expand testing
Reading Time: 2 minutes A third U.S. dairy worker tested positive for bird flu after exposure to infected cows, and was the first to suffer respiratory problems, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
Bird flu found in U.S. alpacas
Reading Time: < 1 minute The bird flu strain that has infected dairy cattle herds in nine U.S. states has been detected in alpacas, says the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Dutch government plans to vaccinate poultry against bird flu
Two vaccines have proved effective in in research but haven't been tried on-farm
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bird flu vaccines for laying hens are effective in practice, the Dutch government said on Tuesday, while confirming plans to vaccinate poultry against the virus.
Raw milk containing bird flu virus infects mice in study
Reading Time: 2 minutes Feeding raw milk contaminated with bird flu to mice infected them with the virus, adding to evidence that consumption of unpasteurized milk is not safe for humans, according to a study published on Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Second US dairy worker infected with bird flu
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Michigan health official on Wednesday said that a dairy worker had contracted bird flu, the second U.S. human case reported since the virus was first confirmed in dairy cattle in late March.
US CDC asks states to keep flu testing on high this summer
Reading Time: < 1 minute The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Tuesday advised states to aid in H5N1 bird flu surveillance by increasing testing of influenza A virus samples during the summer to help detect even rare cases of transmission of the virus in humans.
Bird flu found in Illinois, Florida wastewater
Reading Time: < 1 minute A U.S.-based wastewater detection dashboard has identified high levels of influenza A (a subtype of H5N1 bird flu) in Illinois and Florida—two states that have not yet reported positive cases of the disease in dairy herds.
Canadian milk samples test negative for bird flu
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s so far, so good when it comes to Canada’s milk testing efforts against bird flu as all samples have tested negative thus far.
US to provide nearly $200 million to contain bird flu spread on dairy farms
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Biden administration said today it will provide nearly $200 million to fight the spread of avian flu among dairy cows, in the government's latest bid to contain outbreaks that have fueled concerns about human infections with the H5N1 virus.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
