Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 was first detected in dairy cattle in March. A recent federal order by the U.S.

The nation’s milk supply must be tested for the bird flu virus H5N1 under a new order announced Friday by the U.S. Department ...

The mandate targeting bulk milk transporters and dairy processors is meant to help identify herds that have caught the virus, ...

Raw samples nationwide will now be collected and shared with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to test for bird flu, ...

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said the move will "put us on a path to quickly controlling and stopping the virus’ ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a national mandate requiring raw and unpasteurized milk be tested for bird flu.

The move is aimed at creating comprehensive surveillance for the virus, which has been circulating in U.S. dairy cattle since ...

The virus has infected roughly half of California’s dairy herds, costing farmers significant financial losses.

Public health experts have pressed for expanded testing of nation’s milk supply following the detection of the H5N1 virus in ...

The USDA first announced it would begin national milk testing in October after a push from industry and veterinary groups for stronger surveillance of the virus, but had not detailed the extent of the ...

The U.S. government has ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in ...

Faced with rising cases of bird flu being detected in raw milk, the USDA announced mandated testing for the virus in milk nationwide.