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Oregon Becomes 22nd State to Detect Bird Flu in Dairy Cattle
Routine milk surveillance found the infection, and officials quarantined the herd while monitoring exposed farmworkers for symptoms, the Oregon Department of Agriculture said.
U.S. and Oregon agriculture officials have for the first time detected the highly contagious and, for many animals, lethal, avian influenza virus, commonly known as bird flu, in Oregon dairy cattle. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health…