The risk to the public remained low, but people in close contact with dairy cattle may be at an increased risk, the state ...

North Dakota's State Board of Animal Health will once again require that lactating dairy cows be tested for bird flu within 10 days of being brought to the State Fair.

Last summer some cows, specifically dairy cattle, required testing for Avian Flu before being allowed into into the fair. That’s because the disease infected 13 cows in Iowa.

There have been no reported cases of bird flu in dairy herds in Nebraska, but the virus has been detected in cattle in the surrounding states of Iowa, Missouri, Colorado and Wyoming.

Bird flu has triggered a nationwide egg shortage and price hikes in recent months, as infected chickens had to be put to ...

Authorities have confirmed a case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in Oklahoma dairy cattle, making Oklahoma the 13th U.S. state to detect bird flu in dairy cows, according to the U.S ...

H5N1 is also vexing American cattle farmers after the virus jumped from fowl to cattle last year. Doug Corwin, president of Crescent Duck, picks up one of his ducks at the Crescent Duck Farm in ...

Since 2022, the H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected in all 50 states, leading to more than 1,700 recorded outbreaks affecting nearly 175 million birds.

H5N1 is also vexing American cattle farmers after the virus jumped from fowl to cattle last year. “Something has changed in the virus’ makeup that has made it more virulent,” Hitchener said.

Some of the issues: Background Bird flu was present during the first Trump administration (2017-2021). Several notable events related to avian influenza occurred during this period: Outbreaks in 2017 ...