Brazil has not yet tested cows for bird flu, despite hundreds of cases in the dairy herd in the U.S., because it is focusing on poultry outbreaks after its first confirmed case on a farm this month, the country’s chief veterinarian said on Tuesday.
Brazil, the world’s largest chicken exporter, confirmed its first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a poultry farm earlier this month, prompting bans from several major importers.