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.

  • NSRXN
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    12 months ago

    Beef is so much worse (both health and environment) than most other meats

    why do you think that?

    • HubertManne
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      22 months ago

      because of data. water usage and calorie conversion ratio on environment and fatty foods for diet. Im not going to do a web search for you as these things are well known and don’t go into places are only good for grazing or such as im talking reduction and not elimination. Just note Im only going to give so much effort toward any questions you want to pose as again this is not super controversial or hard to find information.

        • HubertManne
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          12 months ago

          water usage and calorie conversion ratio on environment and fatty foods for diet.