Easy replication in cattle mammary glands means H5N1 bird flu is under no evolutionary pressure to adapt to spread easily in humans.

AMES, Iowa -- At first glance, it looks like an unassuming farm ... where 43 scientists work with pigs, cows, and other animals, pushing to solve the bird flu outbreak currently spreading through ...

The distribution of flu virus receptors in cow mammary glands ... what they look like and how influenza binds to them. “I’m sure that those studies are coming from this group and a number of others, ...

H5N1 is a subtype of influenza A virus that has been reported in cows and other ... as many U.S. trade agreements do not allow for poultry to be vaccinated against bird flu.

A dangerous bird flu ... does not occur, and there's no sign yet that beef cattle have been affected.) And, worryingly, that virus was a different version than the one that infected cows in ...

Even if bird flu were to end up in consumer beef, the USDA says, cooking the meat to an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit (73.9 Celsius) will kill it just like it kills E. coli and ...

More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.

It was a first for cows last March when the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the highly pathogenic avian flu virus ...

Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, is the name for a number of different virus strains that infect birds. The vast majority of strains of the virus do not ... in dairy cows in the US.

Avian influenza, or bird flu, has been spreading in U.S. dairy cows for ... FactCheck.org does not accept advertising. We rely on grants and individual donations from people like you.

The numbers you see when you look at your ... turkeys and even dairy cows. "Bird flu can go beyond birds. The virus that we call bird flu can also impact other species like dairy cows, cats ...