A veterinarian who specializes in dairy cows talks about avian influenza
In March 2024, for the first time in the United States, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus was recognized as having crossed over from birds into cattle. Experts believe the virus ...
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H5N1 testing in cow veterinarians suggests bird flu is spreading silently
Three veterinarians who work with cows have tested positive for prior infections of H5 bird flu, according to a study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The finding ...
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Bird flu infections in dairy cows—and veterinarians—are more widespread than we thought, according to a new CDC study
of Bovine Practitioners, reported the results of an analysis they conducted on 150 bovine (cow) veterinarians from 46 states and Canada. They found that three of them had antibodies for the H5N1 ...