The Colorado Division of Agriculture (CDA) in the present day reported its first avian flu outbreaks in dairy herds which can be primarily based on obligatory weekly bulk-tank milk testing, which went into impact on July 22.
The testing turned up 9 extra outbreaks in dairy herds, in accordance with the CDA’s line checklist, which now displays 63 herds affected since late April.Â
Greater than half of Colorado’s licensed dairy herds have been hit with outbreaks, a lot of them in Weld County, the place the virus unfold to a big business poultry farms and contaminated 10 livestock employees and poultry cullers.
 To this point, Colorado is the one considered one of 13 affected states to order common bulk tank testing.
Officers have not mentioned if the cows on the farms recognized by means of bulk tank testing had medical indicators.
As of in the present day, the US Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed 179 H5N1 outbreaks in dairy herds from 13 states. Among the many whole are 52 from Colorado, which has probably the most of any state.
Governor extends emergency declaration
In a associated improvement, Colorado Governor Jared Polis on August 2 prolonged an emergency declaration an additional 30 days — by means of September 1 — to liberate sources for the avian flu response in Weld County.
Polis first introduced the emergency declaration on July 5.
