California cases exploding with USDA assistance.

[RonO]

Oct 24th the USDA announced that it was going to assist California on
contact tracing to identify infected herds. Oct. 30th the USDA
announced that they were implementing bulk milk tank testing of all
dairies in states affected by the virus, likely due to what they found
by contact tracing. Last Thursday they were only claiming 203 herds
infected in California, but they added 71 more confirmed herds today.
Google in their AI summary is claiming more than 300 California herds
infected, but I can't find the article making that claim. From what was
added to the USDA site today it looks like 274 herds have been infected.

The Oregon case has been confirmed to be the dairy virus. They do need
to start testing dairy herds in Oregon.

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/hpai-confirmed-cases-livestock

Ron Okimoto

[RonO]

Post by RonO
Oct 24th the USDA announced that it was going to assist California on
contact tracing to identify infected herds.  Oct. 30th the USDA
announced that they were implementing bulk milk tank testing of all
dairies in states affected by the virus, likely due to what they found
by contact tracing.  Last Thursday they were only claiming 203 herds
infected in California, but they added 71 more confirmed herds today.
Google in their AI summary is claiming more than 300 California herds
infected, but I can't find the article making that claim.  From what was
added to the USDA site today it looks like 274 herds have been infected.
The Oregon case has been confirmed to be the dairy virus.  They do need
to start testing dairy herds in Oregon.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-
influenza/hpai-detections/hpai-confirmed-cases-livestock
Ron Okimoto

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/california-washington-report-more-suspected-h5-avian-flu-cases

This is an article updating the situation, but it doesn't account for
the total increase at the USDA site. This article only claims 30 new
herds instead of the 71 put up on the site. It notes 4 new human
infections in California and the 3 Oregon cases that came from
Washington. There is also a report that they are detecting H5 in the
waste water of Los Angeles County even though the infections are North
of LA in the central valley. They claim to be trying to run down where
the virus is coming from.

The CDC confirmed today that the number of infected dairy workers in
California rose to 20. The CDC continues to not claim the close contact
of the Missouri patient as having been infected. Maintaining that there
was only one infection in Missouri.

https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spotlights/h5n1-response-11012024.html

Ron Okimoto

[RonO]

Post by RonO

Post by RonO
Oct 24th the USDA announced that it was going to assist California on
contact tracing to identify infected herds.  Oct. 30th the USDA
announced that they were implementing bulk milk tank testing of all
dairies in states affected by the virus, likely due to what they found
by contact tracing.  Last Thursday they were only claiming 203 herds
infected in California, but they added 71 more confirmed herds today.
Google in their AI summary is claiming more than 300 California herds
infected, but I can't find the article making that claim.  From what
was added to the USDA site today it looks like 274 herds have been
infected.
The Oregon case has been confirmed to be the dairy virus.  They do
need to start testing dairy herds in Oregon.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-
influenza/hpai-detections/hpai-confirmed-cases-livestock
Ron Okimoto

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/california-
washington-report-more-suspected-h5-avian-flu-cases
This is an article updating the situation, but it doesn't account for
the total increase at the USDA site.  This article only claims 30 new
herds instead of the 71 put up on the site.  It notes 4 new human
infections in California and the 3 Oregon cases that came from
Washington.  There is also a report that they are detecting H5 in the
waste water of Los Angeles County even though the infections are North
of LA in the central valley.  They claim to be trying to run down where
the virus is coming from.
The CDC confirmed today that the number of infected dairy workers in
California rose to 20.  The CDC continues to not claim the close contact
of the Missouri patient as having been infected.  Maintaining that there
was only one infection in Missouri.
https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spotlights/h5n1-response-11012024.html
Ron Okimoto

https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/AHFSS/Animal_Health/HPAI.html

This was posted yesterday (Nov. 5) by California, but it doesn't reflect
all the new herds that the USDA added to their list. The USDA added 71
new herds from California on Nov. 4th, but California is claiming that
the numbers only went up by 30 to 233.

Ron Okimoto