The Colorado Division of Agriculture (CDA) right this moment reported its first avian flu outbreaks in dairy herds which might be primarily based on necessary weekly bulk-tank milk testing, which went into impact on July 22.
The testing turned up 9 extra outbreaks in dairy herds, in line with the CDA’s line listing, which now displays 63 herds affected since late April.
Greater than half of Colorado’s licensed dairy herds have been hit with outbreaks, a lot of them in Weld County, the place the virus unfold to a big industrial poultry farms and contaminated 10 livestock employees and poultry cullers.
Up to now, Colorado is the one certainly one of 13 affected states to order common bulk tank testing.
Officers have not mentioned if the cows on the farms recognized via bulk tank testing had medical indicators.
As of right this moment, the US Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed 179 H5N1 outbreaks in dairy herds from 13 states. Among the many complete are 52 from Colorado, which has essentially the most of any state.
Governor extends emergency declaration
In a associated improvement, Colorado Governor Jared Polis on August 2 prolonged an emergency declaration an additional 30 days — via September 1 — to liberate assets for the avian flu response in Weld County.
Polis first introduced the emergency declaration on July 5.