The number of dairy herds infected with H5N1 Bird Flu doubled over the weekend. The count is now 34.
Reports of H5N1 bird flu outbreaks at California dairy herds are continuing to rise as the nation's largest milk producer scrambles to contain the spread. On Monday, officials reported that the number of infected dairy herds in the Central Valley had doubled over the weekend, rising from 17 to 34. A spokesman for the California Department of Food and Agriculture said they expect more cases to be announced in the coming days and weeks, as testing continues.
Steve Lyle, an agriculture department spokesman, said the agency's call to to test dairies within six miles of infected herds, as well dairies that share share personnel or equipment with infected herds, has allowed officials to detect infected dairies 'at about the time or just before they are showing clinical signs –- during their incubation period.' The U.S.
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