A second type of bird flu has been found in U.S. dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

The finding indicates that the virus, known as H5N1, has spilled from birds into cows at least twice — leading to these two ...

While the risk to humans of exposure from cows or milk remains low, this new flu spillover from birds into cows raises the need for continued surveillance.

Consumers can safely drink pasteurized milk, despite reports of dairy cattle infected with the new strain of bird flu.

Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new strain of bird flu virus different from the one circulating in other herds ...

Dairy cow slaughter rates are well above prior-year levels. For the week ending January 18, culling totaled 58,000 head, up 13.5% on the year.

Although this shift improves efficiency, it makes managing the health of individual cows more challenging. Effective health management has thereby become a critical issue in the dairy industry.

On January 31, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new ...