US: Experts provide facts about avian influenza for dairy producers

Published 2024년 5월 7일

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A panel of experts from Cornell University, New York state agencies, and the dairy industry assures that the milk supply remains safe despite the detection of a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) in dairy cattle across nine states. The virus, while not transmissible from human to human, has caused concern due to its detection in milk products and uncooked ground beef samples, albeit initially tested positive in milk samples, the virus was inactivated due to pasteurization. The USDA has confirmed that the initial ground beef samples have tested negative. The article outlines the ongoing efforts to understand the behavior of the virus in raw milk and the implications for cheese production, highlighting the need for testing and precautions for farmers in states with infected herds.

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While a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus has been detected in dairy cattle in nine states—not including New York state—the commercial milk supply continues to be safe, according to a panel of Cornell, New York state and dairy industry experts.Pasteurization of milk and cooking meat to proper internal temperatures inactivates the strain of avian influenza, called H5N1, according to experts in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYSDAM) and the National Milk Producers Association, who provided the latest science-backed information for dairy farmers during a May 2 webinar."With the current strain of the virus, there is no human-to-human transmission," said Elisha Frye, assistant professor of practice in the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences (CVM) and diagnostic veterinarian at CVM's Animal Health Diagnostic Center. "So that's ...

Source: Phys