It is still not clear when the bird flu outbreak began, but farmers in the Texas panhandle have been reporting sick cows since at least February. Wild …
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US government will require more testing, tracking of bird flu in dairy cows – KEYT
… bird flu, in dairy cows. The USDA had previously required reporting of H5N1 influenza in poultry and wild birds, but producers were not required …
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US Requires Bird Flu Tests for Dairy Cattle Moving Between States – USNews.com
State agriculture officials have said they believed wild birds introduced the virus to cattle. (Reporting by Tom Polansek; Writing by Caroline …
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Baby Animal Season: Keeping wildlife wild! – Huron-Clinton Metroparks
… bird, the mom will smell you on it and not return. Fact: While you should not be touching wildlife, if you do find a baby bird outside of its nest …
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USDA Actions to Protect Livestock Health From Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza
… wild birds, and the recent H5N1 event in dairy cattle. APHIS has also offered virus samples to interested researchers to facilitate …
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As bird flu spreads in dairy cows, more surveillance is needed, health officials say
The H5N1 bird-flu strain, which is widespread in wild birds globally, is causing outbreaks among U.S. dairy cows and has infected a U.S. dairy …
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Dairy cattle must be tested for bird flu before moving between states, agriculture officials say
It’s an escalation of an ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza spread by wild birds. Since the start of the outbreak, more than 90 …
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Bird flu reported in NC cows. What’s it mean for SC? – Post and Courier
The virus that came from infected wild waterfowl flying north from Mexico has not been detected in South Carolina dairy herds, and there are no human …
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Royal Saskatchewan Museum Launches New Online Bird Egg Database | News and Media
… bird enthusiasts. However, wildlife professionals and researchers may also frequently come across wild bird nests that can only be identified …
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Preparing for the next pandemic, bird flu outbreak, measles cases and years of life lost statistics
… wild birds in North and South Carolina. In the U.S. alone, we’ve seen more than 90 million birds culled in attempt to really deter that virus. But …
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