New York State has announced temporary import requirements for dairy cattle coming into the state following detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in dairy cattle and goats in other states. The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets said no cases have been detected in New York livestock to date, and the USDA continues […]
Dairy cattle moving between states must be tested for the bird flu virus, U.S. agriculture officials said Wednesday as they try to track and control the growing outbreak.
KANSAS (KSNT) - U.S. agriculture officials say dairy cattle must be tested before moving between states. On Monday, March 25, milk samples from sick cows were collected from two dairy farms in Kansas and another in Texas. These samples tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) which is also known as the bird flu. []
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The order from USDA comes as particles of bird flu were detected in a few pasteurized milk samples, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday. The spread of the bird flu among cattle has prompted the FDA to increase testing.
CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. government said on Monday it is collecting samples of ground beef at retail stores in states with outbreaks of bird flu in dairy cows for testing, but remains confident the meat supply is safe. Federal officials are seeking to verify the safety of milk and meat after confirming the H5N1 virus in 34 dairy cattle herds in nine states since late March, and in one person in Texas. Both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization...
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.
South Dakota among states with confirmed cases of avian influenza within cattle
(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...
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The agency stressed that the material is inactivated and that the findings do not represent a risk to consumers.
This makes Colorado the ninth state where bird flu has been found in cattle.