{"id":17282,"date":"2024-04-03T15:44:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/03\/bird-flu-has-infected-a-person-after-spreading-to-cows-heres-what-to-know\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T15:44:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:44:44","slug":"bird-flu-has-infected-a-person-after-spreading-to-cows-heres-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/03\/bird-flu-has-infected-a-person-after-spreading-to-cows-heres-what-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird flu has infected a person after spreading to cows. Here\u2019s what to know"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A strain of avian influenza that has likely sickened and killed millions of birds around the globe has popped up in an unexpected species: Cows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On April 1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that cattle on a farm in New Mexico<\/a> had tested positive for a strain of bird flu called H5N1. The news followed a March 25 announcement that officials had detected the virus on two dairy farms in Kansas and two Texas farms<\/a>. The virus was also detected in a Michigan herd<\/a> that had recently received cows from Texas, the USDA reported on March 29. Five additional herds in Texas have tested positive, and an outbreak in Idaho is presumed to have been caused by H5N1.<\/p>\n\n\n