U.S. pledges money and other aid to help track and contain bird flu on dairy farms

Published 2024년 5월 22일

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U.S. health and agriculture officials have allocated nearly $200 million to combat the bird flu outbreak in dairy cows, affecting over 40 herds in nine states. The funding includes resources for animal testing, treatment, and prevention, as well as compensation for milk production losses and support for farm workers. This follows the first detection of bird flu in dairy cattle, with concerns raised by the discovery of the virus in a fraction of retail milk samples. Despite the low risk to public health, authorities are implementing additional measures, including mandatory testing of dairy cattle and monitoring of raw milk samples, to ensure the virus does not spread further.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health and agriculture officials pledged nearly $200 million in new spending and other efforts May 10 to help track and contain an outbreak of bird flu in the nation’s dairy cows that has spread to more than 40 herds in nine states. The new funds include $101 million to continue work to prevent, test, track and treat animals and humans potentially affected by the virus known as Type A H5N1, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said. And they include about $98 million to provide up to $28,000 each to help individual farms test cattle and bolster biosecurity efforts to halt the spread of the virus, according to the Agriculture Department. In addition, dairy farmers will be compensated for the loss of milk production from infected cattle, whose supply drops dramatically when they become sick, officials said. And dairy farmers and farm workers would be paid to participate in a workplace study conducted by the USDA and the Centers for Disease Control ...

Source: Agrinews