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Current H5N1 Bird Flu Situation in Dairy Cows - CDC

A multistate outbreak of HPAI A(H5N1) bird flu in dairy cows was first reported on March 25, 2024. This is the first time that these bird flu viruses had been ...

Avian influenza virus type A (H5N1) in U.S. dairy cattle

The spread of the H5N1 virus within and among herds indicates that bovine-to-bovine spread occurs. Overall, animal movement is a recognized risk for disease ...

Bird Flu Is Primarily Transmitted Among Dairy Cattle Through ...

A small study involving experimentally infected cows suggests the virus is mainly transmitting between cattle through milk and milking procedures, not via ...

HPAI in Livestock | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - USDA

Caused by influenza type A viruses, the disease varies in severity depending on the strain and species affected. HPAI H5N1 viral infection was first confirmed ...

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Outbreak in Cattle

Rarely, H5N1 avian influenza has been passed to humans who have had direct contact with infected birds and mammals, including cattle. Several people have had ...

Avian Flu Has Infected Dairy Cows in More Than a Dozen States

Since the infection is largely restricted to the mammary glands, researchers believe that H5N1 is being transmitted to cows by contaminated milk ...

Testing transmission and infection of H5N1 from cows

Highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza viruses spread mostly among birds, but occasional infections in mammals do occur. The first documented outbreak ...

CDC A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update November 18, 2024

Updated case counts for the United States, including by state and source of exposure, are recorded in a table on CDC's website. To date, person- ...

Study confirms mammal-to-mammal avian flu spread

By Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell Chronicle ... A new study provides evidence that a spillover of avian influenza from birds to dairy cattle across ...

U.S. dairy cows are tip of iceberg as bird flu spreads in mammals ...

Elephant seals in Argentina are among the marine mammals hardest hit by the bird flu that has been sweeping the globe the past several years.

Ask an Expert: Is Bird Flu A Threat to Humans? | UC San Francisco

It spreads through cow's milk. All patients infected with the virus in California have been in close contact with handling milk from infected ...

Bird flu virus has been spreading among US cows for months, RNA ...

A strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza has silently been spreading among US cattle for months, according to preliminary analysis of genomic data.

What's Happening With Dairy Cows and Bird Flu | Johns Hopkins

AP: It's also clear that the USDA has not ruled out that spread from cow to cow is happening via contaminated milking equipment because the ...

Bird flu has spread efficiently among mammals, study finds

Research into the bird flu outbreaks on dairy farms describes how efficiently the virus has spread between cows and from cows to other ...

Bird flu may be spreading in cows via milking and herd transport

The bird flu virus spreading through dairy cattle in the United States may be expanding its reach via milking equipment, the people doing the ...

Can H5N1 spread through cow sneezes? Experiment offers clues

Cows can get infected with the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by breathing in virus-laden aerosols, according to a preprint posted on ...

What's happening with dairy cows and bird flu? - JHU Hub

The H5N1 strain of avian influenza—commonly known as bird flu—has been circulating among wild migratory birds for the past two years, ...

How Bird Flu Virus Fragments Get into Milk Sold in Stores, and What ...

However, highly pathogenic avian influenza virus can make cows sick, and the flu virus's presence in herds in several states and new federal ...

U.S. dairy farm worker infected as bird flu spreads to cows in five states

The worker developed conjunctivitis, a mild eye infection that frequently occurs when avian influenza viruses jump into humans. The case is the ...

Scientists tracking bird flu in cows and milk want answers to ... - NPR

On Friday, Colorado became the latest state to detect the bird flu virus spreading in dairy cattle. It follows revelations earlier in the ...