This Texas veterinarian helped crack the mystery of bird flu in cows
It was a Texas veterinarian who collected samples from dairy farms that confirmed the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in cattle for the first time.
This Texas veterinarian helped crack the mystery of bird flu in cows
It was a Texas veterinarian who collected samples from dairy farms that confirmed the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in cattle for the first time The first calls that Dr. Barb Petersen received in ...
This Texas veterinarian helped crack the mystery of bird flu in cows
Within days, the Amarillo veterinarian was hearing about sick cows with unusual symptoms: high fevers, reluctance to eat and much less milk. Tests for typical illnesses came back negative.
US bird flu outbreak spreads to chickens, cattle, raises concerns over human infections
The outbreak of H5N1 bird flu virus has spread to dairy cows for the first time in the United States, raising concerns about it spreading to humans through the nation's milk supply.
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A World Health Organization official said on Tuesday there was a risk of H5N1 bird flu virus spreading to cows in other countries beyond the United States through migratory birds. "With the virus carried around the world by migratory birds,
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The bird flu is uncontrolled, and it keeps showing up in the scariest places
Dr. Barb Petersen, a dairy veterinarian in Amarillo who’d been caring for cows sick with the H5N1 strain of the bird flu in March, told NBC News that at the same time, multiple dairy workers, and not just those who’d come in contact with sick cows,
Bird flu reported in Florida dolphin
H5N1 avian "bird" flu is infecting mammals such as dairy cows, and now researchers report it's turned up in a bottlenose dolphin in Florida.
Bird flu may infect cows outside the US, says WHO
There is a risk that the H5N1 bird flu virus, present in many wild birds, may infect cows in countries beyond the United States as they migrate, a
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