Category: Avian Influenza
Scientists try to solve bird flu mystery: Why there’s so much virus in Michigan wastewater
Detroit Free Press Newly released wastewater surveillance data suggests Michigan is a national hot spot for the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus that’s infecting poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the U.S., and has also been identified in three farmworkers — two in Michigan. Researchers told the Free Press they’re still trying to understand exactly why […]
Jun 19, 2024
More Minnesota turkeys struck by avian influenza
Watt Poultry Highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in a commercial meat turkey flock in Stearns County on June 13. The case was reported by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). With this latest detection, Minnesota has now had 11 commercial poultry flocks affected by HPAI in 2024. Prior […]
Jun 19, 2024
Four cases of bird flu detected in Quebec farms
Quebec News The avian flu is beginning to infiltrate Quebec farms, reported at four separate sites in less than a week. On Sunday, Canada’s food inspection agency (CFIA) confirmed detection of the H5N1 strain at a poultry flock in Les Sources, a municipality in Quebec’s Estrie region. Bird flu was also detected in the Brome-Missisquoi, Hait-Saint-Francois […]
Jun 18, 2024
Bird flu infects seventh Iowa dairy farm, state agency says
De Moines Register Another dairy herd infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza has been reported in Sioux County, making it the fifth such outbreak in the northwest Iowa county. The Iowa Department of Agriculture said Monday that bird flu, known as H5N1, was reported in a Sioux County herd with 10,000 cows. It’s the seventh […]
Jun 18, 2024
Bird Flu Is Infecting Cats (and the Occasional Dog). Here’s What to Know.
NYT A few “reasonable precautions” can help people keep their pets safe from the H5N1 virus, experts say. Over the past few months, a bird flu outbreak has spread swiftly through dairy cows in the United States, infecting more than 90 herds in 12 states. Along the way, the virus has caused collateral damage in several other […]
Jun 18, 2024
A critic of the U.S. response speaks out, and USDA tries to ‘corner the virus’
STAT Seth Berkley, the former head of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, gave voice last week to a point of view STAT has been hearing for a while about the U.S. response to the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in dairy cows. “It’s been shocking to watch the ineptitude,” Berkley, an American currently living in Switzerland, said at an event on […]
Jun 18, 2024
Dairy cattle test positive for bird flu in Minnesota, Iowa and Wyoming for first time
Wisconsin State Farmer In a matter of days, the number of states with dairy herds testing positive for bird flu has grown from nine to 12. The Wyoming Department of Agriculture (WDA) confirmed the presence of the virus in dairy cattle in the Equality State on June 7. Other states reporting outbreaks in the last […]
Jun 11, 2024
Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Mammals
USDA There are many species that are potentially susceptible to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). In addition to birds and poultry, H5N1 viruses have been detected in some mammals (see list below). Infection may cause illness, including severe disease and death in some cases.
Jun 5, 2024
Two human cases of bird flu in Michigan
NPR Michigan (Podcast) The third known case of H5N1 bird flu in a human this year was confirmed late last week in Michigan. Two of the three cases were found in Michigan. All of the infections were found in people who work directly with livestock. In Michigan, both cases involved dairy cattle herds infected with H5N1. On […]
Jun 5, 2024
Bird flu detected in four Colorado dairy herds
Colorado News The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that dairy herds in nine states are infected with the H5N1 virus or bird flu. Four of those herds are in Colorado, where the first infection was detected in the northeastern part of the state in April. The USDA and the Colorado Department of Agriculture are […]
Jun 5, 2024