The wastewater testing performed between May 12 and July 13 is reassuring, suggesting the virus is still centered on animals. Nine of 41 states with wastewater detection of flu viruses in place ...

Bird flu has been found in at least one pig at a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection ... analysis of the virus in the pig is underway. The agency did not say how the animal became infected.

The widespread detection of influenza A(H5N1) virus in wastewater from 10 U.S ... along with genomic information suggests multiple animal sources. Wastewater monitoring should be considered ...

Scientists have previously had to use slower detection methods ... so did the virus; it mutated," said Chakrabarty. The United States tracks animal health and the pathogen outbreaks on farms ...

to avoid infection by viruses other than those potentially in the test articles and to prevent infection of other animals in the facility. Detection of antibodies (or enzyme levels, in the case of ...