CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — Many U.S. dairy farms have not yet increased health protections against bird flu for employees during an outbreak in cows, according to workers, activists and farmers. The revelation worries health experts about the risk for more human infections of a virus with pandemic potential. Related story: Bird flu infects third US […] Read more
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Bird flu infects third US dairy worker; Michigan set to expand testing
Glacier FarmMedia – A third U.S. dairy worker tested positive for bird flu after exposure to infected cows, and was the first to suffer respiratory problems, U.S. officials said on Thursday. The infection was the second human case in Michigan, which has confirmed more cases of bird flu in dairy cattle than any other state. […] Read more
Bird flu tests do not find virus in Canadian milk
Glacier FarmMedia – It’s so far, so good when it comes to Canada’s milk testing for bird flu because all samples have tested negative so far. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed May 14 that it had tested 142 retail milk samples from across the country. All were negative for highly pathogenic avian influenza fragments, […] Read more
Milk supply safe from avian flu: FDA
REUTERS — About one in five samples of commercial milk in the U.S. tested positive for traces of bird flu in a national survey, with a greater proportion coming from areas with infected herds. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said there is no evidence that the milk poses a danger or that a live […] Read more
Bird flu hits Texas dairy cows, hens, human as ducks migrate
REUTERS — The U.S. Center for Disease Control issued a health alert April 5 warning clinicians, state health departments and the public about a case of avian influenza in a person who had contact with dairy cows presumed to be infected with the virus. The farm worker from Texas was reported to be infected on […] Read more
Bird flu pushes U.S. dairy farmers to ban visitors, chop trees
CHICAGO (Reuters) — American dairy farmers are raising their defences in efforts to contain the spread of bird flu by banning visitors, cutting down trees to discourage wild birds from landing, and disinfecting vehicles. On April 10 North Carolina became the seventh state to report an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a […] Read more
Flu outbreak sees buyers balk at beef futures
Glacier FarmMedia – It’s been a wild ride in beef cattle markets as investors struggled to make sense of the growing outbreak of bird flu in U.S. dairy cattle. Markets have seen cattle futures (mainly live and fed) decline in recent weeks as the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strain made its way into dairy […] Read more
Texas, CDC say bird flu detected in person exposed to dairy cattle
CHICAGO, April 1 (Reuters) – Texas and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported a human case of avian influenza in a person who had contact with dairy cows presumed to be infected with the virus. It is the second case of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza identified in […] Read more
Disease affecting U.S. dairy cows re-identified as bird flu
Glacier FarmMedia – A wild waterfowl-borne disease creating milk production problems in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico dairy herds has been identified as a strain of bird flu, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) says. The disease was previously identified as Texas Agalactiae Syndrome. However, genetic sequencing revealed the “mystery illness” as a strain […] Read more
Bird flu makes return to southern B.C.
It’s shaping up as another November of pain for commercial poultry operators in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley as avian influenza is again wreaking havoc with 41 operations hit with outbreaks in November. The outbreaks follow four outbreaks at commercial operations in October after a relatively calm spring that saw only one B.C. farm hit in […] Read more
