Officials with the Texas Animal Health Commission confirmed the flu virus is the Type A H5N1 strain, known for decades to cause outbreaks in birds and to occasionally infect people. The virus is affecting older dairy cows in those states and in New Mexico, causing decreased lactation and low ...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 hemagglutinin clade 2.3.4.4b was detected in the United States in 2021. These HPAI viruses caused mortality events in poultry, wild birds, and wild mammals. On March 25, 2024, HPAI H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b was confirmed in a dairy cow in Texas in...
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Impact of the avian flu outbreak in cattle for dairy processing H5N1 influenza strain found in 549 dairy herds in 15 states; tips on eliminating the spread. John A. Lucey January 13, 2025 Early last spring, some dairy cows, initially in Texas, started to get ill. The cows’ symptoms in...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said Monday they have met with state health leaders in Georgia and around the country, telling them to be prepared for more human cases of bird flu after a dairy worker in Texas was being treated f
doctors in texas are describing the only known human case of h5n1 avian flu connected to the ongoing outbreak of the disease in dairy cows. bird flu in humans remains extremely rare, but in the hundreds of cases documented worldwide over the past few years, about half proved fat...
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Doctors in Texas are describing the only known human case of H5N1 avian flu connected to the ongoing outbreak of the disease in dairy cows.
FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors in Texas are describing the only known human case of H5N1 avian flu connected to the ongoing outbreak of the disease in dairy cows. Bird flu in humans remains extremely rare, but in the hundreds of cases documented worldwide over the past...