Dairy cows, chickens in Riverside County test positive for bird flu
Animals at 25 egg and dairy production facilities, including one backyard coop, have tested positive, says the county health department.
Minnesota will start testing milk for bird flu on dairy farms
Dairy cows crowd a fence waiting to be milked in Ridgeway, Minn., in April 2024. Samples from each of Minnesota's 1,625 permitted dairy farms will undergo testing once a month for H5N1, the virus commonly known as bird flu.
Minnesota prepares for statewide testing of milk for avian flu virus
Minnesota and Iowa were added to the National Milk Testing Strategy on Jan. 8. There are now 36 states involved in the testing for the avian influenza virus.
A new strain of bird flu is found on a California duck farm
A new strain of H5N9 bird flu was detected at a commercial duck operation in California's Merced County. All the ducks were euthanized.
Nebraska joins other states in national milk testing for bird flu
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Good Life is joining forces with other states to protect consumers from the bird flu or H5N1 virus. It’s part of a national program being adopted on a state-to-state basis. The National Milk Testing Strategy was launched by the USDA to get states involved in testing and eliminating the virus in dairy cattle.
More bird flu cases identified on local farms
Outbreaks of bird flu have been confirmed at poultry farms in East Yorkshire and in Lincolnshire. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said all birds at a premises near Pocklington and at another near Alford,
Missouri racing to speed up testing for bird flu
State agriculture officials issued an emergency order Wednesday aimed at speeding up testing for viruses associated with bird flu. With cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza found in commercial poultry flocks this month,
First Pa. case of bird flu at commercial poultry farm detected in Lehigh County
Pennsylvania officials are warning about the first case of bird flu at a commercial poultry farm in the state.
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Deadly H5N1 bird flu becomes an 'existential threat' to biodiversity worldwide
The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in ...
‘A Dangerous Virus’: Bird Flu Enters a New Phase
A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including ...
How are H5N9 and H5N1 different? What to know after California bird flu outbreak
The California duck farm's strain of H5N9 is different from those earlier cases because this time it is closely related to a ...
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Will bird flu spark a human pandemic? Scientists say the risk is rising
The team found that animals that had the virus inoculated directly into their lungs became severely ill, whereas animals that ...
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Bird flu has surged through California’s dairy cattle. So why has it left beef cattle alone?
Although the virus has been detected at more than 700 California dairies, not a single non-dairy cow has tested positive, ...
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California ban on poultry, dairy cattle at events may not affect Tulare County
The ban, which is in effect until further notice, is due to the continued spread of H5N1 bird flu in California.
Has the bird flu spread across the US? See map as virus continues to wreak havoc
One person infected with the bird flu died in Louisiana on Jan. 6. The patient was over 65 and became ill after contact with ...