The USDA confirmed the virus's existence in the Nevada dairy cattle through milk sampling, the agency said. The Nevada Department of Agriculture said the affected cattle, which are located in ...

but this is the first time it’s been documented that D1.1 has been in a dairy cow,” Goicoechea said. The affected dairies have provided the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services with ...

Researchers aren’t sure how the D1.1 variant was transmitted to the Nevada cows. Dairy farmers with infected herds reported large die-offs of wild birds near their farms before their cows got ...

Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new strain of bird flu virus different from the one circulating in other herds throughout the past year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ...

A dairy worker in Nevada has been confirmed to be infected by a new bird flu strain found to be spreading among cows in the state last week. That strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus, called D1.1 by ...

The Nevada spokesperson said two additional herds ... human bird flu cases since 2024 have been linked to exposure to dairy cows sick with the virus. Most of the others have been the result ...

The detection of the variant in Nevada marks one of the few new pieces ... slow to be shared Worries about bird flu go beyond dairy cattle. Last month saw an uptick in outbreaks among poultry ...

The Central Nevada Health District said Monday that an adult was exposed to infected dairy cattle while working at a farm in the northwestern part of the state. The Centers for Disease Control and ...