With no person-to-person spread, the health risk to humans remaining low, and the 15-month emergency human response to H5N1 avian flu over, this summer’s break in reported infections to
With the avian influenza virus added to the long list of dangerous pathogens, raw milk is riskier than ever. That reality is well known to the nation’s healthcare providers
Poultry vaccines are available to producers who need to control Bronchitis, Bursal Disease, Encephalitis, Fowl Pox, Laryngotracheitis, Marek’s Disease, Mycoplasma Gallisepticum, Newcastle Disease, Pigeon Pox, Reovirus, and Tenosynovitis. Those
According to a new study from Stanford University, the influenza virus can remain infectious in raw milk stored at refrigeration temperatures for up to five days. The research, published Dec.
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This column was originally published by MedPage Today and is reprinted here with permission.
Let’s not bury our heads in the sand
Colleagues, it’s time to wake
Because pasteurization is the defense against potentially deadly avian flu, it can be argued that raw milk has never been more dangerous than now.
But today, a state appeals court
That human case of A(H5) avian flu in Missouri that had no known contact with poultry or other animals has been confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease
Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado, has extended to Sept. 1 the bird flu emergency in his state.
The governor is responding to the avian flu outbreak in Colorado’s Weld
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment — in coordination with the Colorado Department of Agriculture and State Emergency Operations Center — is reporting three confirmed cases of avian flu in
At a time when friends don’t let friends drink raw milk and some world-renowned scientists with deep expertise in the H5N1 virus think the situation is serious enough that
Since the bird flu was first reported in dairy cows on March 25, scientific inquiry has picked up to the point where findings and expert opinions are being made weekly.
How surprised was science when bird flu was detected in dairy cattle with those warnings against raw milk or eating unpasteurized dairy products?
Two Auburn University researchers are offering their
