Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. federal and state agencies are planning research into potential respiratory spread of bird flu among dairy cattle, according to a Reuters interview with Michigan state agriculture and public health officials.
US to research possible respiratory spread of bird flu in cows
Bird flu outbreak reported in Minnesota dairy herd, the state’s first
Reading Time: < 1 minute The ongoing U.S. outbreak of avian flu in dairy cattle reached Minnesota on Thursday as the state announced its first infected herd.
Cows infected with bird flu have died in five US states
Reading Time: 3 minutes Dairy cows infected with avian flu in five U.S. states have died or been slaughtered by farmers because they did not recover, state officials and academics told Reuters.
Bird flu reported in Iowa dairy herd, expanding US outbreak in cows
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 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.
Bird flu detected in tissue samples of US dairy cow sent to slaughter, USDA says
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bird flu virus particles were found in tissue samples taken from one dairy cow sent to slaughter at a U.S. meat processing plant, but none were detected in samples from 95 other cattle, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Friday.
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.
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