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Test tubes labelled “Bird Flu” and eggs are seen in this picture illustration, January 14, 2023.
Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File

Two dozen companies working to find bird flu vaccine for cows, US agriculture secretary says

By Leah Douglas June 13, 2024

Reuters – Twenty-four companies are working to develop an avian flu vaccine for cattle, as the virus spreads among U.S. dairy herds, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters on Wednesday. Bird flu has infected 90 dairy herds across 12 states since late March, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Three dairy farm workers […] Read more

The doses are intended for those most exposed to the virus, such as poultry farm workers and veterinarians. Photo: branex/iStock/Getty Images

Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

EU to secure 40 million avian flu vaccines for 15 countries: officials

By Julia Payne June 10, 2024

Brussels | Reuters – The EU will sign a contract on Tuesday to secure over 40 million doses of a preventative avian flu vaccine for 15 countries with the first shipments heading to Finland, EU officials said on Monday. The deal secures up to 665,000 doses from vaccine manufacturer CSL Seqirus and includes an option […] Read more

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US to research possible respiratory spread of bird flu in cows

By Julie Steenhuysen, Leah Douglas, P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters June 7, 2024

U.S. federal and state agencies are planning research into potential respiratory spread of bird flu among dairy cattle, according to a Reuters interview with Michigan state agriculture and public health officials.

Bird flu outbreak reported in Minnesota dairy herd, the state’s first

By P.J. Huffstutter and Leah Douglas, Reuters June 6, 2024

The ongoing U.S. outbreak of avian flu in dairy cattle reached Minnesota on Thursday as the state announced its first infected herd.

Dairy cattle in Canada. (Pearman314/iStock/Getty Images)

Dairy Cattle, News, Reuters

Cows infected with bird flu have died in five US states

By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek, Reuters June 6, 2024

Dairy cows infected with avian flu in five U.S. states have died or been slaughtered by farmers because they did not recover, state officials and academics told Reuters.

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Bird flu reported in Iowa dairy herd, expanding US outbreak in cows

By Reuters, Tom Polansek June 5, 2024

Iowa, which is projected to be the tenth biggest milk-producing state this year, is the first new state to find an infected dairy herd since the U.S. confirmed an outbreak in Colorado on April 26.

FILE PHOTO: Test tubes labelled “Bird Flu” and eggs are seen in this picture illustration, January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

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Bird flu infects third US dairy worker; Michigan set to expand testing

By Julie Steenhuysen, Leah Douglas, Reuters, Tom Polansek May 30, 2024

A third U.S. dairy worker tested positive for bird flu after exposure to infected cows, and was the first to suffer respiratory problems, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

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Bird flu found in U.S. alpacas

May 29, 2024

The bird flu strain that has infected dairy cattle herds in nine U.S. states has been detected in alpacas, says the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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Dutch government plans to vaccinate poultry against bird flu

Two vaccines have proved effective in in research but haven't been tried on-farm

By Reuters, Sybille de La Hamaide May 28, 2024

Bird flu vaccines for laying hens are effective in practice, the Dutch government said on Tuesday, while confirming plans to vaccinate poultry against the virus.

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Raw milk containing bird flu virus infects mice in study

By Reuters May 24, 2024

Feeding raw milk contaminated with bird flu to mice infected them with the virus, adding to evidence that consumption of unpasteurized milk is not safe for humans, according to a study published on Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Two dozen companies working to find bird flu vaccine for cows, US agriculture secretary says

EU to secure 40 million avian flu vaccines for 15 countries: officials

US to research possible respiratory spread of bird flu in cows

Bird flu outbreak reported in Minnesota dairy herd, the state’s first

Cows infected with bird flu have died in five US states

Bird flu reported in Iowa dairy herd, expanding US outbreak in cows

Bird flu infects third US dairy worker; Michigan set to expand testing

Bird flu found in U.S. alpacas

Dutch government plans to vaccinate poultry against bird flu

Raw milk containing bird flu virus infects mice in study

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