Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that's different from the version that has spread in herds since last year. U.S.

Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has spread in U.S. herds since last year, Agriculture Department officials said Wednesday.

The detection indicates that distinct forms of the virus known as Type A H5N1 have spilled over from wild birds into cattle at least twice. Experts said it raises new questions about wider spread and the difficulty of controlling infections in animals and the people who work closely with them.

“I always thought one bird-to-cow transmission was a very rare event. Seems that may not be the case,” said Richard Webby, an influenza expert at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    That is one concern, if it’s also resulting in a lot of livestock being killed off that will now impact food prices of more than just eggs.

    • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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      4 hours ago

      Yup. Its to late now but for a week or few chicken meat prices were down and given the timing im almost sure if was from flocks being culled.

      • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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        3 hours ago

        Umm … when chickens are killed because of an outbreak the carcasses are buried. It is illegal to butcher or sell any type of meat that’s part of a disease outbreak, whether it’s BSE in cattle or bird flu in poultry.

        • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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          2 hours ago

          what happens is farms inside a certain area area that exactly is what happens but farms just outside the area that don’t have to kill their flocks realize that area may increase. Basically that they are in a danger zone. So you can slaughter and get the meat price right away or just thin your heard to reduce the chance of spreadage. Im not really sure the details but this is generally what I have been lead to believe happens and the chicken prices we saw for a week or few (can’t remember how long but it was at least two weeks) was 99 cent a pound breast which we have not seen for years around here. An interesting thing about it to is that it was not fraken chicken which also made me suspect its from egg layers. I know we had farms get nuked in the area.

      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        3 hours ago

        I would absolutely make use of that with my freezer. And complain to my partner that we don’t have a chest freezer in the place one should obviously go.