Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Found in Wisconsin Dairy Herd
Published in Health & Fitness
A highly pathogenic avian influenza was found in a herd of dairy cattle in Wisconsin, the latest in an ongoing outbreak of the disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Sunday.
The disease was confirmed through routine milk testing, the federal agency said in a statement. It is the first known case of HPAI in dairy cattle in Wisconsin. There have been cases in only a small number of states this year, the USDA said. In total, 18 states have recorded cases since the outbreak began in March 2024.
“This detection does not pose a risk to consumer health or affect the safety of the commercial milk supply,” the USDA wrote in the statement. Pasteurization inactivates HPAI virus and only milk from healthy animals is sent for commercial processing, the agency said.
“Milk from impacted animals is being diverted from the commercial milk tank or destroyed so that it does not enter the human food supply,” the statement said.
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