2024-04-05 01:39:23
International news 8:19 a.m. 2024-04-05
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed yesterday (April 4) that bird flu has now spread to dairy farms in six states, including three in Kansas and two in New Mexico, 7 in Texas and one each in Ohio, Idaho and Michigan.
Reuters news agency reported that The first outbreaks of avian influenza on dairy farms were reported in Texas and Kansas on March 25.
The USDA says this is the first time bird flu has spread to a dairy farm in Ohio. The farm received the cows on March 8 from a dairy farm in Texas. It was later confirmed that bird flu infection was found.
The USDA says it is still possible for bird flu to spread between cows. And it appears that some of the first cases in Texas and Kansas came from wild birds. And the virus strains found in outbreaks in New Mexico, Michigan and Idaho are strikingly similar.
Kansas Animal Health Commissioner Justin Smith said in an interview yesterday: “In the state of Kansas, all of the sequencing data that we have It still points out that this is transmission from wild birds.”
Incidentally, the Director-General of the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) said yesterday that The spread of avian influenza among different animal species and the expansion of affected areas increases the risk of human infection.
Texas officials reported on Monday (April 1) that a farm worker had tested positive for bird flu. with only slight symptoms of eye inflammation The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) views the risk of human infection as low.
Migratory birds have helped spread bird flu around the world since 2022, infecting poultry and other species.
By InfoQuest News Agency (05 Apr. 2024)
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