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Idaho dairy officials report avian flu affected cows are recovering
Boise Public Radio It’s been two weeks since the initial detection of a strain of bird flu in dairy cows. As of Tuesday, 20 herds had been infected across six states, including one in Idaho. About eight cows on a Cassia County dairy farm got sick after the farm imported cattle from a Texas operation, where animals […]
Apr 10, 2024
What’s Happening With Dairy Cows and Bird Flu
Johns Hopkins The H5N1 strain of avian influenza—commonly known as bird flu—has been circulating among wild migratory birds for the past two years, with substantial spillover into poultry farms. But what’s sparking concern among scientists and public health officials alike is the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows and the subsequent infection of […]
Apr 9, 2024
H5N1 Avian Influenza’s Flight To Cattle, And Beyond
ACSH As High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) cases emerge in dairy cattle, transmission routes and the source of infection remain unclear. Before jumping to conclusions, what can science tell us? “The ongoing spread of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) in different regions of the world, alongside the recent detections of cases in cattle, is raising […]
Apr 9, 2024
CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) HealthAdvisory to inform clinicians, state health departments, and the public of a recently confirmed human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) virus in the United States following exposure to presumably infected dairy cattle. The U.S. Department of […]
Apr 9, 2024
Vietnam records first patient of avian flu A/H9
VN Express Earlier this month, the first human case of avian influenza A (H5N1 this year) in the United States was reported.1-3 The person became infected following contact with dairy cows presumed to be infected with avian influenza. The person’s primary symptom has been conjunctivitis and is being treated with an antiviral. The person was told to isolate […]
Apr 9, 2024
Influenza infection in cattle gets new name: Bovine Influenza A Virus (BIAV)
Real Agriculture The American Association of Bovine Practitioners will now refer to highly pathogenic avian influenza in cattle as bovine influenza A virus, or BIAV, and is encouraging everyone to do the same. In an open letter dated April 8, 2024, the AABP says that though caused by the same virus, the disease presents very […]
Apr 9, 2024
Monkey Attack Leads to First Human Case of B Virus in Hong Kong
Bloomberg Man admitted to the hospital March 21 is in critical condition Health department warns people to stay away from wild monkeys A 37-year-old man who is in critical condition after being attacked by monkeys in a Hong Kong country park has tested positive for B virus, making him the first person in the city […]
Apr 9, 2024
Seriously, Now Is the Time to Stop Kissing Sick Birds
NYT A citizen-science collaboration in New York has turned up a half-dozen birds infected with the avian flu virus. New Yorkers, beware: If you come across a bird or animal that is sick, dead or behaving strangely, keep yourself and your pets at a safe distance. The bird flu virus, H5N1, is present in at […]
Apr 9, 2024
Bird flu may be spreading in cows via milking and herd transport
Science New data challenge assumed transmission route and some call for restricting cattle. The bird flu virus spreading through dairy cattle in the United States may be expanding its reach via milking equipment, the people doing the milking, or both, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) representatives reported today at an international, virtual meeting held to […]
Apr 5, 2024
Why a leading bird flu expert isn’t convinced that the risk H5N1 poses to people has declined
STAT News that H5N1 avian influenza has breached another mammalian species — this time dairy cows — has taken the flu science community aback. Though cows previously had been seen to be susceptible to human flu viruses, and could be experimentally infected with H5 in a lab, the absence of cow involvement until now in H5’s nearly 30-year […]
Apr 5, 2024