STAT The state has quickly vaulted ahead of others in confirmed infections among herds. From the earliest days of the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle, experts watching the evolving situation have worried about California.
The Golden State has the country’s largest concentration of dairy farms, roughly 1,100 herds. The concern has been if the virus got into California, the prospects for spread would be huge and containment a challenge.
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