As the virus continues its spread to new species, the World Health Organization fears it is moving closer to people
Avian flu is caused by influenza viruses that spread among wild aquatic birds and can infect domestic poultry and other animal species.
(Reuters) - The outbreak of H5N1 bird flu virus has spread to dairy cows for the first time in the United States, raising concerns about it spreading to humans through the nation's milk supply.Since 2022, bird flu in the United States has infected over 90 million chickens, more than 9,000 wild birds, 34 dairy herds, one person in Texas who came in close contact with infected cattle and another after exposure to poultry.The following is a timeline of the current outbreak in the country:April...
The agency stressed that the material is inactivated and that the findings do not represent a risk to consumers.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses the H5N1 avian influenza virus that is infecting
Virus has already killed other mammals including sea lions and seals, while
The Kansas Department of Agriculture reported Monday that it is working with the state’s dairy industry to respond to concerns over the recent discovery of avian flu in dairy cattle. KDA officials said they have been closely
Last year, when an H5N1 avian flu virus — commonly known as bird flu — was spilling over from bird populations into a variety of wild mammals, Seema Lakdawala, a virologist and influenza A transmission specialist at Emory University, was “not overly concerned” about human risk. We don’t have “much of an interface with seals or with foxes, for that matter, or polar bears,” she says. But when it comes to cows, that interface is vast. People on dairy farms regularly interact with cows and their...
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,...
The FDA recently disclosed that traces of the bird flu virus have been detected in approximately one in five samples of pasteurized milk.
A bird flu outbreak infecting dairy cows in the U.S. that has seeped into the country’s milk supply is under investigation, but the the WHO says the risk to the public is low.
Chennai, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu government has stepped up the vigil in the border areas after more cases of bird flu were reported from neighbouring Kerala. On Sunday, around 25,000 ducks were culled after - Social News XYZ