Avian Influenza

Avian Influenza

CDC confirms new human cases of H5N1 in California

The cases occurred in people who worked with infected dairy cows, and an investigation led by California is ongoing.

Livestock & Poultry Diseases

FAO conference aims to tackle threat of animal diseases

The three-day event represents a unique opportunity to explore how to integrate existing mechanisms and knowledge with new and improved tools to reduce the global burden of animal disease.

Avian Influenza

62,800 turkeys were in California flock hit by HPAI

On the same day H5N1 was confirmed in a California turkey flock, the virus was also found in six dairy farms in the state.

Avian Influenza

CDC: Human with avian influenza had no contact with animals

The Missouri patient, who had underlying conditions, has since recovered.

Dairy Cow Health & Disease

California confirms H5N1 in 3 dairy herds

The agency said on August 29 that it was investigating the situation, and confirmed the positive tests on August 30. These cases are the state’s first cases of H5N1 in cattle.

Avian Influenza

CDC: US sees 13 human cases of H5N1 since April

H5N1 cases in dairy herds and poultry flocks continues to grow, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Dairy Cow Health & Disease

FSIS to test dairy cows at slaughter for H5N1

Meanwhile, Midwestern dairy farmers can apply for reimbursement grants to support on-farm biosecurity efforts.

Avian Influenza

CDC: H5N1 risk to public low, pandemic potential moderate

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its assessment of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that infected a dairy worker in Texas, putting its risk to the general public as low and its risk as a potential pandemic virus as moderate.

Avian Influenza

Blowflies can spread HPAI to commercial poultry

Genetic testing confirmed that the fly family could be a potential viral vector for avian species.

Avian Influenza

What the dairy industry can learn from poultry’s HPAI response

Information sharing and collaboration will be crucial to stopping disease threat.

Dairy Cow Health & Disease

USDA cow challenge study eyes H5N1 virus transmission

Understanding how the virus is infecting cows and how the disease progresses in the animals is essential to developing therapeutics, such as vaccines.

Avian Influenza

Study confirms mammal-to-mammal H5N1 spread

A new Cornell University study provides evidence that a spillover of avian influenza from birds to dairy cattle across several U.S. states has now led to mammal-to-mammal transmission – between cows and from cows to cats and a raccoon.

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