More than half of the cats at a dairy farm died within 3 days of being infected. Farmers first noticed that cows were producing strange milk - and less of it. Cats infected with H5N1 went blind, lost coordination, and started circling. READ MORE:
Federal officials are looking to verify the safety of beef and milk after 34 dairy cattle herds in nine states tested positive for the H5N1 virus.
Dr Rick Bright, a former HHS director, says he will no longer drink milk from cows. He is concerned about bird flu being detected in samples from grocery stores. READ MORE: H5N1 strain of bird flu is found in MILK for first time
This makes Colorado the ninth state where bird flu has been found in cattle.
The first calls that Dr. Barb Petersen received in early March were from dairy owners worried about crows, pigeons and other birds dying on their Texas farms. Then came word that barn cats—half of them on one farm—had died suddenly.
It was a Texas veterinarian who collected samples from dairy farms that confirmed the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in cattle for the first time. Dr.
Genomic analysis suggests that the outbreak probably began in December or January, but a shortage of data is hampering efforts to pin down the source.
Of the 24 cats that contracted H5N1 on a single US cattle farm, half died with signs of ‘severe systemic infection’
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...
Testing of pasteurised milk from stores found genetic traces of H5N1 virus, but fragments do not indicate it contains live virusDairy cows being moved across states must be tested for the bird flu, under a federal order issued on Wednesday aimed at containing the spread of the virus across US cattle farms.The clampdown comes after testing of pasteurised milk from grocery store shelves found genetic traces of the H5N1 virus. Health officials said that these fragments of virus do not indicate that...
The US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that it is issuing a federal order to require more testing and reporting of H5N1 influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, in dairy cows. The USDA had previously required reporting of H5N1 influenza in poultry and wild birds, but producers were not required to let the government know if cows tested positive – a factor the USDA admitted had hampered its ability to investigate the spread of the current outbreak in cattle. Since cases were confirmed...
The USDA and FDA said the commercial milk supply remains safe for now.