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Avian Influenza

FFAR grant to develop H5N1 waste stream surveillance tool

The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research is providing Barnwell Bio Inc. a Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research grant to develop a waste stream animal health monitoring system to identify the H5N1 virus in asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic cases.

Dairy Cow Health & Disease

New genotype of H5N1 virus found in Nevada dairy cattle

Confirmed by whole genome sequence by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories, this is the first detection of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1 in dairy cattle. All previous detections in dairy cattle have been H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype B3.13.

Avian Influenza

Poultry feathers might play vital role in HPAI transmission

Learning about the viruses’ pathways among hosts and farms could help stop the spread.

Avian Influenza

US reports first detection of new strain of avian flu virus

Commercial duck flock in California has tested positive for two strains of avian influenza.

Avian Influenza

What’s needed to stop avian flu outbreak in cattle, poultry [PODCAST]

Kay Russo, DVM, partner, RSM Consulting, joins Elizabeth Doughman, editor, WATT PoultryUSA and Poultry Future, to discuss USDA response to the avian influenza outbreak in poultry and dairy cattle and what actions are most likely to stop the spread.

Dairy Cow Health & Disease

6 more states added to US National Milk Testing Strategy

With the enrollment of six additional states, the NMTS will account for bulk milk tank samples from two-thirds of the nation’s dairy herds, or nearly three-quarters of the nation’s milk production.

Livestock & Poultry Diseases

CDC: mRNA vaccine shows promise against HPAI

The technology, used to make the initial COVID-19 vaccines, allows for a faster response to viruses that mutate quickly, such as influenza.

Avian Influenza

Will H5N1 reach pandemic status? We don’t know

It will take an exact combination of virus mutations and reassortments for that to happen, but it could, CIDRAP director says.

Avian Influenza

WOAH calls for more action to prevent H5N1 spread in humans

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) is calling for more action to control the spread of H5N1 in humans, according to a Reuters report.

Dairy Cow Health & Disease

15 more states join National Milk Testing Strategy

Fifteen additional states have enrolled in the National Milk Testing Strategy, bringing the total number of states to 28 approximately one month since the program launched. These 28 states represent nearly 65% of the nation’s milk production.

Avian Influenza

University of Minnesota to track HPAI threat to wildlife

Gov. Tim Walz approves $1.267 million for veterinary college to lead effort to address the threat of avian influenza to wild animals.

Avian Influenza

Louisiana patient is first human H5N1 death in US

The patient had been exposed to a combination of wild birds and a backyard flock.

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