Stay informed about Massachusetts and the avian flu outbreak
Massachusetts has been dealing with an ongoing outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (HPAI) H5N1 virus since early 2022.
This same virus is affecting wild and domestic bird populations in other states across the country.
In March of 2024, the USDA announced that they had found HPAI infected cows at a dairy farm in Texas. It is believed that the cattle were infected through exposure to infected wild birds. Since that time, detections of this same virus have been made at dairy farms in multiple states.
Most of the spread of the disease to dairy herds in other states appears to be associated with movement of infected cattle between farms.
USDA is continuing to conduct testing to learn more about the transmission of this disease and its spread amongst dairy cattle.
The most up to date information from USDA can be found on their website here:
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