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Dr. Barb Petersen, a dairy veterinarian in Amarillo, Texas, had been caring for sick cows for several weeks in March when she and a colleague finally pinned down the cause of the illness among the herd: the H5N1 strain of the bird flu. It was the first time the virus had been detected in cattle. The sick cows, said Petersen, who owns Sunrise Veterinary Service, tended to produce milk that didn’t look quite right, and had mastitis, an inflammation of the udders. During that same time, she said,...
A person is being treated for bird flu after contact with Texas dairy cows infected with the virus, state and federal officials said Monday. This is the first time avian influenza A(H5N1) has been detected in cattle in the United States, the Texas Department of State Health Services said. DSHS officials said they believe the human case is linked to recent detections of the virus found this year in two dairy herds in Texas and two in...
The USDA and FDA said the commercial milk supply remains safe for now.
H5N1, commonly known as bird flu, has recently made an alarming leap onto US dairy farms, concerning public health officials and consumers.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has discovered fragments of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — more commonly referred to as bird flu — in some samples of dairy milk products. An update from
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The agency stressed that the material is inactivated and that the findings do not represent a risk to consumers.
The FDA insists the nation's milk supply is safe after fragments of the bird flu virus were found in some milk samples. ABC News' Lionel Moise reports.
Traces of the bird flu virus were found in some samples of pasteurized milk in the U.S. on Tuesday, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as the agency advises that the milk is safe to drink until further testing is performed.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), avian influenza or bird flu is a disease "caused by infection with avian influenza Type A viruses." These viruses can also naturally spread among wild aquatic birds worldwide and can infect...
The H5N1 bird flu virus strain has been detected in very high concentrations in raw milk from infected animals, the WHO said Friday, though how long the virus can survive in milk is unknown.
Experts say that commercial milk remains safe to consume. But what are health officials doing to protect the milk supply, and what about raw milk?