Avian influenza was found among sick cattle in two states, as well as in unpasteurized milk, but officials said there is no threat to the public.
Bird flu has reached the cows. Health and agriculture officials announced this week that cattle in two states have tested positive for a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza , likely caught from wild birds. Though the virus seems to have sickened the cattle, it is not thought to pose a high risk to humans at this time. The discovery happened during an investigation into outbreaks of a mysterious illness affecting cattle in Texas, Kansas, and New Mexico, which involved the U.S.
“There is no threat to the public and there will be no supply shortages,” said commissioner Sid Miller in a statement from the Texas Department of Agriculture. “No contaminated milk is known to have entered the food chain; it has all been dumped. In the rare event that some affected milk enters the food chain, the pasteurization process will kill the virus.” Bird flu is considered one of the most likely germs to become a pandemic threat.
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