Michigan Farmers Call for H5N1 Bird Flu Vaccines to Protect Flocks, Dairy Cows From Virus
Each night during the spring, scores of sparrows and warblers, wrens, tanagers and other birds swooped above the Great Lakes State on their annual northward spring migration while Michiganders were in a dreamy slumber.
Although the return of these feathered creatures is a delight to birders, peak migratory season in May brings dread to Michigan poultry and dairy farmers like Greg Herbruck, state Rep. Jerry Neyer and Doug Chapin.
That's because migratory birds can carry the H5N1 avian influenza virus — a highly pathogenic bird flu...
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