Texas veterinarian helps crack the mystery of bird flu in cows
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This photo provided by Sunrise Veterinary Service in May 2024 shows Barbara Petersen. FILE - Cows are pictured at a dairy in California, Nov. 23, 2016.
The first calls that Dr. Barb Petersen received in early March were from dairy owners worried about crows, pigeons and other birds dying on their Texas farms. Then came word that barn cats — half of them on one farm — had died suddenly.
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