Wood Co. cattle herd likely positive for bird flu, ODA says [Video]

WOOD COUNTY, Ohio — A cattle herd that a Wood County dairy operation received from Texas likely has bird flu, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

The ODA said in a press release Tuesday that it received “a presumptive positive test result of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in an Ohio dairy cattle herd and is awaiting confirmation from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL).”

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,” more commonly known as bird flu.

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