An increase in flu viruses detected at wastewater treatment plants in California in recent weeks has sparked concern that the #H5N1 bird flu may be spreading more rapidly than anticipated, potentially putting the state’s 1.7 million dairy cows at risk for infection.
Definition of utter insanity - Ontario will be cancelling funding of wastewater surveillance for ALL diseases - this as Covid is once again on the rise and H5N1 is lurking as a potential new pandemic
USDA just updated its page with THIRTEEN new herds infected since their last update.
The new herd infections are in South Dakota, Michigan and Idaho, with Idaho logging the most at 8 new herds infected.
Several of the infections were confirmed by a NVSL on the 28th, which is last Tuesday, so the USDA is continuing its pattern of untimely updates while saying "Data updated weekday by 4 pm ET."
That makes 80 herds with confirmed infections in 9 states.