Nothing says Christmas like more #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds. #USDA adds 11 California herds to the national count. California's total is 675 herds; the national total is 891 herds in 16 states. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po... - ThreadSky

helenbranswell.bsky.social • 68 days ago

Nothing says Christmas like more #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds. #USDA adds 11 California herds to the national count. California's total is 675 herds; the national total is 891 herds in 16 states. https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/hpai-confirmed-cases-livestock

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sgilley02.bsky.social•66 days ago

Now, cats are being diagnosed with bird flu. Keep your kitties inside and keep them safe.

notquietmodemd.bsky.social•67 days ago

Trajectory important:
Early September 2024: 3 CA herds. Sept 20: 17 herds
Sept 26: 34 herds.
Dec 25: 675 herds. Close to 2/3 total now.
2 mutations will enable human to human transmission.
Also, more pathogenic strains may/prob will emerge than this current D.1 strain.

czarbucks.bsky.social•68 days ago

Happy holidays to you...

ba55fr33k.bsky.social•68 days ago

Directly the fault of the National Milk Producers Federation and US Poultry & Egg Association lobbying against regulations and inspections

the massive herds and flocks they represent are incubators for pathogens and zoonotic disease

tofanacocktails.bsky.social•68 days ago

We used to know this before everyone involved in government regulation was a “drown it in the bathtub” conservative

ba55fr33k.bsky.social•68 days ago

i am not familiar with this phrase but it sounds intriguing

drugdisc4eva.bsky.social•68 days ago

How much of this trend is better surveillance in CA vs there actually being more cases in CA?

javi.beesky.social•68 days ago

all of it

bartiddu.bsky.social•68 days ago

Only medieval levels of surveillance in the rest of the USA could explain this difference
Combine this much cattle infection with all the idiots in California demanding raw milk & we have the making of the next pandemic
Courtesy of the richest state in the richest but stupidest nation on earth

bartiddu.bsky.social•68 days ago

The 1918 pandemic of “Spanish ‘flu”also started in the USA.
(It was called Spanish flu because Spain, a neutral country, first reported cases.)

helenbranswell.bsky.social•68 days ago

Colorado checked quite aggressively when H5 was working its way through its herds and found the virus in about ... ~70% of herds, I think. Michigan also did some proactive looking. Elsewhere, not so much.

bartiddu.bsky.social•68 days ago

And the graph you put up doesn’t reflect that?

helenbranswell.bsky.social•68 days ago

Both. California is aggressively looking, and it is finding. And it has a lot of herds, many of which are located close to one another, I think.

dlbvet.bsky.social•68 days ago

Do you know if any testing being done on beef herds…feedlots…prone to upper respiratory infections?

magpieheaven.bsky.social•68 days ago

I'm also wondering if there is any testing still being done for covid. It's potential animal reservoirs have to be legion at this point. Testing for multiple viruses at this point in time might prove enlightening.

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