Controlled infection of cows in a high-security Kansas lab sheds light on the H5N1 transmission route, while experts call for ‘mass surveillance’ to stop an outbreak in Europe
Source: Experiment confirms that bird flu in the US is spread by milking procedures
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American and German scientists experimentally infected calves and dairy cows in a level 3 security laboratory to determine the transmission route of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, which is affecting animals on 231 farms in 14 U.S. states. The results confirm that the H5N1 virus accumulates in the udders and milk of cows, and is probably being transmitted by industrial milking systems.
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In 2021, a new H5N1 subvariant known as 2.3.4.4b developed the ability to infect mammals, both wild and domestic, causing episodes of mass mortality.
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The results show that animals infected via the respiratory route barely suffer symptoms and did not transmit the disease to other animals. Meanwhile, dairy cows infected via the udder did suffer severe illness, with high fever and lack of appetite, and their milk production plummeted.
but here’s the problem…. (i wrote this into the s.o.c. file while reading this article.):
so bird flu might require stricter, cleaner, less tranmitty milk extraction. which will drive the cost of milk up (and also employmewnt!, more inspectors, more cleanerrs, more labs to process results, more cops to enfovea0< and this will be fought angainswt by biusoness ()NO! it aqlways come down to the consumrer, sice onwers/capitalists will not allow a recution in profits, line must go up at all cost, is fudiociary responsibilty of the bnoard to keep returns higher than oppther optiosn), and this then makes it political, since rising cotst is never an easy sell.
so ultimately since we are not willing to pay what safe, clean, milk milk supply, will cost, we’re stuck in the current situation.
convince me that the public will put up with $5$/liter (pulled out of my ass, but probs can take guidence from some of the best organics?)
