Dairy herd in Northeast Colorado tests positive for Bird Flu, USDA lab reports

By Logan Smith | CBS Colorado

Colorado is now one of nine states in which dairy cattle have tested positive for avian influenza. 

A U.S. Department of Agriculture laboratory confirmed Thursday the detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 from dairy cows in a northeastern Colorado herd. It is the first detection of the disease in Colorado. 

The Colorado State Veterinarian’s office was notified Monday about a herd demonstrating clinical symptoms of HPAI in cattle, a Colorado Department of Agriculture press release stated.

Bird flu was first detected in a Texas dairy herd on March 25.

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