In its newest updates, the US Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service (APHIS) reported 36 extra H5N1 avian flu detections in home mice, all in the identical New Mexico county, in addition to 4 extra virus detections in home cats.
Earlier mouse detections have been from poultry outbreak web site
On June 4, APHIS first reported H5N1 detections in home mice from New Mexico’s Roosevelt County, and right this moment it reported 36 extra from the identical location, elevating the full to 47. Assortment dates for the most recent detections vary from Might 6 to Might 12.Â
In a notification from the World Group for Animal Well being (WOAH) on the sooner 11 detections in home mice and a crimson fox from Roosevelt County, New Mexico, officers stated the animals have been collected from a location the place extremely pathogenic avian flu had been detected in poultry.
Constructive assessments in cats from 4 states
Additionally right this moment, APHIS reported 4 extra H5N1 detections in home cats, together with one from Oklahoma, which hasn’t not too long ago reported the virus in poultry or in dairy cows.
The detection in Oklahoma occurred in Harmon County, positioned within the southwestern a part of the state on the border with Texas. The cat is Oklahoma’s first detection in a mammal. The pattern was collected on March 20, and the virus is a reassortant between the worldwide 2.3.4.4b H5N1 clade and a North American wild chicken lineage.
The three different H5N1 detections in home cats—sampled in late Might— have been in Michigan’s Clinton County, the place H5N1 had been present in dairy herds, and in Idaho’s Jerome County, the place H5N1 has been detected in poultry, alpacas, and dairy herds. The fourth new detection was from a cat from Colorado’s Morgan County.Â
Up to now, the virus has been reported in 21 home cats.
