Avian influenza is producing mild symptoms in the US dairy cattle and farm workers it is infecting, but experts say it is vital to get the virus 'mopped up' before it has a chance to mutate.
Despite another human case of H5N1 avian influenza in the USA , authorities say the risk to human health remains low.
"As with the previous two cases, the person is a dairy farm worker with exposure to infected cows, making this another instance of probable cow-to-person spread," the CDC said in a statement. "This case does not change CDC's current A bird flu human health risk assessment for the US general public because all three sporadic cases had direct contact with infected cows," the CDC said."The risk to members of the general public who do not have exposure to infected animals remains low."The US poultry industry has been dealing with an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza since 2022, but it's a new challenge for the dairy industry.
Professor Koci said while the poultry industry, which has been dealing with an avian influenza outbreak since 2022, hasdadapted to work under stricter biosecurity controls, the dairy industry was still catching up. Genomic analysis of the virus in cattle indicates the highly infectious strain was circulating well before the first cases were detected in Texas on March 23.
The dairy industry in New Zealand is on high alert for signs of sick birds following the spread of H5N1 in US dairy cattle.Avian influenza has been spreading across the globe for several years according to Massey University professor of infectious disease, epidemiology and pubic health, Nigel French.
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