Bird flu detected at Ohio cattle herd [Video]

WOOD COUNTY, Ohio — A cattle herd that an Ohio dairy operation received from Texas tested positive for the bird flu, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

The ODA said on Tuesday that it received a positive test result of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a dairy cattle herd in Wood County.

The Wood County operation, which is not named by the ODA, received cows from a Texas dairy on March 8, which later “reported a confirmed detection of HPAI.”

The ODA says animal health officials in Ohio were notified that livestock began showing signs compatible with sick, lactating cows in other states.

Federal agencies have also detected bird flu in dairy herds in Michigan, Texas, Kansas, Idaho and New Mexico, according to the ODA.

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