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Dairy farmers throughout the country are on guard and the federal government is mobilizing after an outbreak among cattle herds of highly pathogenic avian influenza — once thought to be

The USDA has performed more than 17,000 tests for avian influenza on cattle, with a total

Federal health officials are worried that highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, is crossing several animal boundaries, and the third person to contract the disease last week had respiratory symptoms.

Dairy farmers are on guard and the federal government is mobilizing after an outbreak among cattle herds of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

The virus' leap from animals to humans is not yet alarming public health officials or vets, who say the risk to the public remains low.

The proposed cease-fire is for six weeks but could turn into a real achievement.

A nasal swab of the farm worker tested negative, but an eye swab tested negative.

It was a Texas veterinarian who collected samples from dairy farms that confirmed the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in cattle for the first time

It was a Texas veterinarian who collected samples from dairy farms that confirmed the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in cattle for the first time. Dr. Barb Petersen monitors more than 40,000 cattle on a dozen farms in the Texas Panhandle. She received reports from farmers of dead birds, ailing cats and sick cows in early March. So far, two people in the U.S. have been confirmed to be infected with H5N1, most recently a Texas dairy worker linked to the cattle outbreak.

It was a Texas veterinarian who collected samples from dairy farms that confirmed the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in cattle for the first time. Dr. Barb Petersen monitors more than 40,000 cattle on a dozen farms in the Texas Panhandle. She received reports from farmers of dead birds, ailing cats and sick cows in early March. So far, two people in the U.S. have been confirmed to be infected with H5N1, most recently a Texas dairy worker linked to the cattle outbreak.