Avian influenza has been detected in milk from a dairy herd in Maricopa County, according to the Arizona Department of Agriculture.

Echoing results from earlier California investigations into H5N1 infections in domestic cats, an investigation by agriculture departments in Oregon and Washington has renewed warnings about feeding pets raw food after their investigation into two cat illnesses in Oregon found that the pets were exposed to the same raw pet food brand.

In March 2024, for the first time in the United States, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus was recognized as having crossed over from birds into cattle. Experts believe the virus was transmitted a month or two beforehand from birds to dairy cows in the Texas panhandle,

With threats of avian flu and lead poisoning, biologists are working overtime to care for a species that nearly went extinct.

Arizona agricultural officials say they now have the first detection of H5N1 avian influenza in milk produced by a dairy herd within the state.

More than 160 million wild and domestic birds have been infected with bird flu across the United States since 2022.

Avian influenza has been detected in milk from a dairy herd in Maricopa County for the first time since the latest outbreak, according to the Arizona Department of Agriculture. Bird flu is a ...