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Third HPAI dairy cattle spillover identified by APHIS

By David B. Strickland - Poultry Times Editor dstrickland@poultrytimes.com

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WASHINGTON — There is a reported third spillover of highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy cattle, confirmed by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on Feb. 13. The agency notes that HPAI clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1 was detected in Arizona dairy cattle as “a result of state tracing and investigation, following an initial detection on silo testing under the USDA’s National Milk Testing Strategy.”

APHIS, along with the Arizona Department of Agriculture, will continue on-farm testing and investigating to gain additional information to stop any further the spread of the virus.

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