Tests detect bird flu in dairy cows in Kansas and Texas
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Type A H5N1 is known to infect birds and has sometimes infected people. Now it has surfaced in dairy cows in Kansas, New Mexico and Texas.
Tests found bird flu in dairy milk from cows in Kansas and Texas on Monday, U.S. health officials said.
Type A H5N1 is known to infect birds and has sometimes infected people. Now it has surfaced in dairy cows in three states: Kansas, New Mexico and Texas.
Farmers in Texas first noticed dairy cows falling ill about three weeks ago. Now the virus appears to have reached about 10% of dairy cows in the affected herds. Unlike birds, cows generally recover from the virus after about a week.
There is no risk to the commercial milk supply or to the public, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement. Milk from sick cows is not being allowed onto the market.
The USDA also said it did not find any indication that the virus was changing to more easily infect people.
