USDA Declares Minnesota's Dairy Farms Bird Flu Free
After four straight months of raw milk testing in Minnesota's dairy farms without detecting the H5N1 avian influenza virus, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated the state's dairy herds as "unaffected" by the virus.
The USDA ordered nationwide testing after multiple states confirmed the virus was present in dairy cattle. Minnesota reported nine cases last year.
In response, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture tested raw milk batches every month since February.
"Every single time milk is picked up from a dairy farm, there's a sample collected," the director of the state's ag department dairy...
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