A recent study found that live bird flu virus (H5N1) can survive in raw milk for over a week when refrigerated, and more than ...

The study found that the bird flu virus can survive more than seven days in raw milk stored in the refrigerator.

The strain of bird flu that infected a Michigan dairy worker in May 2024 is capable of airborne transmission, according to ...

Amidst an ongoing outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in livestock, the US Department of Agriculture is doing more to prevent ...

Influenza viruses in mammals typically behave as respiratory infections; in contrast, HPAIV in cattle was shed at extremely high levels in milk. In the US, H5N1 HPAIV was found to rapidly spread ...

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana ... The USDA confirmed the virus's existence in the Nevada dairy cattle ...

The strain of bird ... found evidence of airborne virus particles in samples from all three animals. Ferrets have been used for decades in medical research studies, especially those involving flu ...

H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with infected animals or their bodily fluids, but the new ...

HPAI has had the greatest impact on pullets and egg-laying poultry, where bird housing density is higher, said Dr. Lisa Rochette, a veterinarian with the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and ...

As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms ... response — with the corresponding gene from the new H5N1 virus found on dairy farms. “It’s so easy to switch,” says Hensley.