H5N1 has been found in commercially available milk – but gaps in testing of cattle and humans are hampering effort to stop virus
Source: Lack of bird flu testing may be hiding true spread of virus on US farms
great. and I think I just read North Carolnia is about to ban masks.
Barb Petersen, the veterinarian who discovered the first case of H5N1 in Texas cows, said dairy workers were also sick – some of them sick enough to miss work, which was very unusual, she said – but they were not tested for the highly pathogenic avian influenza.
“They’re really concerned that if they wave the flag ‘we’ve got the virus here,’ they’ll be penalized either economically or through disruptions to their operating procedures,” he said. “We have to find a way to overcome that and protect the farms.”
