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Quick Takes: More avian flu in US dairy cattle
News brief
Today at 3:54 p.m.
Stephanie Soucheray, MA
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Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
Quick Takes: More avian flu in US dairy cattle
News brief
Today at 3:54 p.m.
Stephanie Soucheray, MA
Topics
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated its case counts of H5N1-infected dairy herds late last week, confirming 121 cases in 12 states since the beginning of the outbreak. There have been 58 confirmed cases in the last month, with Idaho reporting the most recent cases with 17 livestock herds affected in the past month.
- On Saturday the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship reported another affected dairy herd in Sioux County, raising the state’s total to 11 detections within dairy herds in Iowa.
- A team of USDA epidemiologists have traced H5N1 viral spread in Michigan to a single dairy herd unknowingly introduced in the spring to infected dairy cows from Texas, according to a story in the Toledo Blade.
- US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack called on farmers to enhance biosecurity measures and to opt into USDA support programs and herd monitoring programs. In an editorial in Agri-Pulse, Vilsack said, "Farmers are going to lead the charge, but they won’t need to do it alone. USDA is here to support them every day and we will continue to do all we can to protect animal and human health."