Author: Claudinne Miller
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in Three New Michigan Dairy Herds
Michigan Agriculture and Rural Development Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Tim Boring announced the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in dairy herds in three additional counties—Ionia, Isabella, and Ottawa—bringing the total number of affected counties to four. On March 29, MDARD announced the state’s first HPAI-positive dairy herd located […]
Apr 16, 2024
The H5N1 Outbreak Is Not a Test Run, It’s a Warning Shot
Medpage Today A true public health success would be preventing the virus from further adapting to humans. The outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (HPAI) (H5N1) in dairy herds across the U.S. appears to be expanding, with over two dozen farms being affected in eight states. Although only one mild human case in a […]
Apr 16, 2024
Avian flu infects another commercial poultry farm in Michigan
MI Live As Michigan grapples with the bird flu spreading to cows, it has infected another commercial poultry farm. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announced Tuesday, April 16 the highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected at a commercial facility in Newaygo County. This is the seventh time the deadly flu has infected […]
Apr 16, 2024
Why the spread of bird flu to a Texas dairy worker is so alarming (Opinion)
Washington Post Since early 2022, a highly pathogenic strain of avian flu, H5N1, has been infecting wild aquatic birds and domestic poultry in the United States. More than 85 million birds in 48 states have died as a result of the virus or have been culled after exposure to infected birds. This same strain has now spread […]
Apr 16, 2024
High risk of animal-to-human diseases developing in some China fur farms
Reuters An investigation of five fur farms in China housing foxes, raccoon dogs and mink found a high risk of diseases developing that could jump from animals to humans, said animal protection group Humane Society International who conducted the study at the end of 2023. The farms in China’s northern Hebei and Liaoning provinces each […]
Apr 16, 2024
Upper Respiratory Tract Disease in a Dog Infected by a Highly Pathogenic Avian A/H5N1 Virus
Emerging Viral Zoonoses In summer 2023, during an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in cats in Poland, a 16-year-old dog was presented to the veterinary clinic with persistent, debilitating, dry cough, submandibular lymphadenomegaly, mild serous nasal discharge, and left apical heart murmur. A preliminary diagnosis of kennel cough was made and the treatment […]
Apr 16, 2024
Bird flu spreads to 3 more Michigan commercial dairy farms
Michigan Live The highly pathogenic avian flu has infected more Michigan dairy farms only three weeksafter it first spread to cattle. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announced Friday, April 12 the bird flu was detected in three commercial farms in Ionia, Isabella and Ottawa counties. This brings the total number of infected […]
Apr 16, 2024
Federal officials are tracking the outbreak of avian influenza in dairy cattle
NPR Audio at the link – Scientists are monitoring the spread of bird flu in dairy cattle and other mammals to see how the virus is changing. So far, there are no alarming signs that it poses a new risk to humans.
Apr 10, 2024
A Spiking Fever
Science Long neglected, Lassa fever is surging in West Africa. Researchers want to know why. Sitting on a bench outside the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) in Edo state in southwestern Nigeria in September 2023, Muhammed Luqman Dagana recounted his ordeal earlier in the year with Lassa fever, a deadly hemorrhagic disease of West Africa. […]
Apr 10, 2024