New findings point to the milking process as a possible route of avian-influenza spread between cows — and from cow to human. New findings point to the milking process as a possible route of avian-influenza spread between cows — and from cow to human.
H5N1 influenza virus particles have been detected in commercially sold milk, but it’s not clear how the virus is spreading in cattle or whether their milk could infect humans
Pasteurized milk is probably not a threat to people, but fresh milk droplets on milking equipment could be spreading the virus in a herd. Pasteurized milk is probably not a threat to people, but fresh milk droplets on milking equipment could be spreading the virus in a herd.
ITHACA —Virology experts at Cornell are sequencing the bird flu virus that struck cows in the Texas panhandle in early April, after work at the university and two other veterinary