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The U.S. is seeing a surge in avian flu. It's in chickens and cows and even sickened a few humans. Here's how other countries have dealt with the virus.
Dairy cattle transported from Texas have been implicated in the spread of the H5N1, or bird flu, virus found in at least four of the seven states outside of Texas that have reported infections, according to states where H5N1 has been found.
Federal officials say they're double checking whether pasteurization has eradicated the danger from possible bird virus particles in milk.
South Dakota on Thursday became the eighth state to find highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a dairy herd
Dairy farmers in the United States are raising their defenses to try to contain the spread of bird flu: banning visitors, cutting down trees to discourage wild birds from landing, and disinfecting vehicles coming onto their land. North Carolina on Wednesday became the seventh state to report an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a dairy herd, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed infections in Texas, Kansas, Ohio, Michigan, Idaho and New Mexico. While the first