A new H5N1 bird flu mutation has appeared in a cluster of infected dairy cows. It's a genetic change that scientists say ...

Most of those infections have been seen in wild bird populations, with two known instances of backyard poultry flocks ...

As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus's threat to human ...

Of the 53 cases of avian influenza in animals in Oregon, none are dairy cattle. Oregon state veterinarian Dr. Ryan Scholz ...

Q: What is avian influenza? Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is a viral infection that primarily affects birds but ...

In fact, it was reported in the initial outbreak that almost no cows died directly as a result of having been infected with avian influenza. However, because dairy cows are production animals ...

As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus's threat to human ...

Northland farmers are sending samples of raw milk to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture to prevent the spread of H5N1 in ...

In March 2024, for the first time in the United States, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus was recognized as having crossed over from birds into cattle. Experts believe the virus ...

A genetic mutation has appeared in dairy cows that could make the virus more ... known as the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data, or GISAID. Henry Niman, an evolutionary molecular ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) readily infected cells from milk-producing organs in dairy cows, but beef cells held ...