The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) has confirmed H5N1 in eight commercial dairies in Cache County.
Mandatory surveillance for the H5N1 virus was put into place for all dairies in Cache County on October 23, after the detection of the virus in a commercial poultry flock in the county. Initial samples from all Cache County dairies were sent to the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Logan and were confirmed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL). Positive dairies have been placed under a quarantine; no movement of lactating cattle is permitted on or off affected facilities with the exception of cattle going direct to slaughter. Positive dairies have also been asked to implement biosecurity measures to prevent the spread of virus off of the dairy.
