Amid uptick in poultry detections, Minnesota reports first case of avian influenza in a dairy herd

St. Paul, Minn. – H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in a Benton County dairy herd. Over the weekend, the producer noticed clinical signs in only a handful of cows; the next day, more than 40 cows had signs of fever. Samples collected from sick cows in the herd on Monday were sent to the University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, where the virus was…
Source: Red Lake Nation News