Bird Flu April 2024. It was also likely the first human infection with avian influenza a(h5n1) virus from a cow globally. No viable virus was detected in any of the 167 samples tested.

Livestock industry from the threat posed by highly pathogenic h5n1 avian influenza, usda is sharing a number of actions that we are taking with our federal partners to help us get ahead of this disease and limit its spread. In late march scientists confirmed that h5n1 was sickening cows on u.s.