Cows have human flu receptors, study shows, raising stakes on bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle
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Cows have human flu receptors, study shows, raising stakes on bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle
By Brenda Goodman and Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — In early March, Dr. Barb Petersen, a large-animal vet in Texas, began getting calls from the dairy farms she works with in the Panhandle. Workers there were seeing a lot of cows with mastitis, an infection of the udder. Their milk was thickened and discolored, and it
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What you need to know about the bird flu outbreak, concerns about raw milk, and more
There is a bird flu outbreak going on. Here is what you need to know about it: Bird flu is what's known as a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. The "highly pathogenic" part refers to birds, which the virus is pretty adept at killing. In virology speak, the virus is of the Influenza A type, and is called H5N1. The "H" stands for the protein Hemagglutinin (HA), of which there are 16 subtypes (H1-H16). The "N" is short for Neuraminidase (NA), of which there are 9 subtypes (N1-N9). There are...
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FDA tests retail milk samples for bird flu in 17 states
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said today that it tested retail samples of milk and other dairy products in 17 states for viable bird flu virus, providing further details about the locations of the previously disclosed tests.