But this practice of opening the barn door to the public is facing a new risk, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed bird flu in dairy herds in nine states
By Brenda Goodman and Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — In early March, Dr. Barb Petersen, a large-animal vet in Texas, began getting calls from the dairy farms she works with in the Panhandle. Workers there were seeing a lot of cows with mastitis, an infection of the udder. Their milk was thickened and discolored, and it
By Brenda Goodman and Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — In early March, Dr. Barb Petersen, a large-animal vet in Texas, began getting calls from the dairy farms she works with in the Panhandle. Workers there were seeing a lot of cows with mastitis, an infection of the udder. Their milk was thickened and discolored, and it
Avian flu is spreading rapidly among cattle, but public health and infectious disease experts are concerned the United States is too limited in its testing, leaving an incomplete picture of the virus’s spread. The threat to the general public is currently low, health officials say, and the country’s milk supply is safe. Just one person []
Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite years of warnings about the health risks of drinking the unpasteurized products — and an outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email Since March 25, when the bird flu virus was confirmed in U.S.
Researchers are concerned that the more the bird flu virus – also known as
What scientists fear most is if the virus were to spread efficiently from person to person. That hasn’t happened and might not.
What scientists fear most is if the virus were to spread efficiently from person to person. That hasn’t happened and might not.
Officials renewed calls for people not to drink raw milk last month. But farmers say that, if anything, this has had the opposite effect - and prompted a rush on their stores in the US.
Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite an outbreak of bird flu in U.S. dairy cows. Federal officials warn about the health risks of drinking raw milk at any time, but especially during the outbreak. Weekly sales of raw cow's milk have jumped compared with the same periods last year. That's according retail market research data show. Raw milk farmers say they can't keep unpasteurized products in stock. Some people claim that raw milk has health benefits, but multiple studies show it...
US's Bird Flu outbreak answer is its nearly $100M pledge to help protect other animals from getting infected.
The disease has spread to poultry in 48 states, dairy cattle in nine, and two people in Texas and Colorado.