Waterfowl hunters are being encouraged to take precautions to protect their health and the health of their dogs amid the presence of a Harmful Algal Bloom and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the state.
There are now seven herds in Nevada affected by avian flu. Six of those are infected with a new variant.
The Nevada Department of Agriculture is reporting that bird flu has been detected in dairy cows in Churchill County.
The U.S. pledged nearly $200 million in new spending and other efforts Friday to help track and contain an outbreak of bird flu in the nation's dairy cows.
The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. said Tuesday it had temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens, and officials said the virus had also been detected at a poultry facility in Michigan.
A person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu, an infection tied to the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows, health officials said Monday.
Tens of thousands of chickens have been destroyed at a Tennessee chicken farm due to a bird flu outbreak, and 30 other farms within a six-mile radius are being quarantined.
Birds from nine more commercial turkey farms in Indiana have tested positive for bird flu, and officials were trying Saturday to determine the strain of the highly contagious virus.
Federal officials say they're taking steps to create a human vaccine for the bird flu virus that's affected the Midwest poultry industry, though they still consider the danger to be low.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the bird flu virus has been found at a farm holding nearly 10% of Iowa's egg-laying chickens.
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