USDA confirms spillover of 2nd H5N1 avian flu genotype into dairy cattle

University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced a new spillover of H5N1 avian flu to dairy cattle, which involves the D1.1 genotype currently circulating in wild birds and has been implicated in human infections, including the fatal case in a Louisiana resident who had contact with sick backyard birds. Until now, all dairy herd H5N1 detections have involved the B3.13 genotype,

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