US bird flu outbreak spreads to chickens, cattle, raises concerns over human infections

Dairy farmer Brent Pollard's cows stand in their pen at a cattle farm in Rockford, Illinois, US, April 9, 2024.The outbreak of H5N1 bird flu virus has spread to dairy cows for the first time in the United States, raising concerns about it spreading to humans through the nation's milk supply.

Since 2022, bird flu in the United States has infected over 90 million chickens, more than 9,000 wild birds, 34 dairy herds, one person in Texas who came in close contact with infected cattle and another after exposure to poultry.Colorado became the ninth US state to report an infected dairy herd.Colombia became the first country to restrict the import of beef and beef products coming from US states due to bird flu in dairy cows.

The virus was detected in dairy cattle in New Mexico, Michigan and Idaho, along with Texas and Kansas.The USDA said samples of milk collected from sick cattle in Kansas and Texas tested positive for avian flu, but the nation's milk supply was safe.Egg producer Cal-Maine Foods said it had temporarily ceased production at a facility in Kansas after some of the flock tested positive for avian flu.

Nationwide, more than 47 million birds have been killed by avian flu or culled to control its spread this year in the nation's worst outbreak since a record 50 million birds were wiped out in 2015.The first known human case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States appeared in a person in Colorado, who was involved in culling birds at a commercial poultry facility.

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