Farm cats in Texas are suffering from blindness and death after catching bird flu by drinking raw cow milk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported a significant outbreak of H5N1 bird flu among cats on a Texas dairy farm. Bird Flu in US: Cats Suffer Blindness, Death After Catching H5N1 Virus by Drinking Cow Milk in Texas.
As US-based dairy herds are reporting constant cases of bird flu outbreak, UK cattle are still not being checked for cases of bird flu, say British health officials.
Avian influenza has spread to cows and even a person based in Texas. Amid these rising cases, health officials are currently on high alert, as per a report.
According to reports, the US has killed over 37 million chickens and turkeys in the worst bird flu outbreak in the country.
Reports claim Iowa has culled millions of animals including Wisconsin as farmers conduct mass culls in America's Midwest. Reports claim the disease is being spread by migratory wild birds which have destroyed poultry with vast amount of eggs destroyed in Iowa.
Amid soaring food prices, the large scale culling of livestock has hit the poultry industry as wholesale egg prices touched a new high in the US last month.
A man who worked on a commercial poultry farm in Colorado has tested positive for avian influenza A(H5) virus, better known as H5 bird flu, the CDC said Thursday.