For the first time, U.S. dairy cows have tested positive for bird flu
Livestock in Texas, Kansas and Michigan are confirmed to have the virus, and herds in New Mexico and Idaho have also tested positive. The threat to the public is low, federal officials say.
Livestock at multiple dairy farms across the U.S. have tested positive for bird flu — also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI — in an outbreak that's likely spread to at least five states.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Friday that cows in Texas, Kansas and Michigan had been sickened by the virus,
