Notas del episodio
Cornell University researchers have documented the devastating effects of H5N1 bird flu on dairy cattle, revealing production losses of 900kg of milk per cow with no recovery even after 60 days. Hosts Bella and Douglas break down the financial implications, detection strategies, and immediate actions dairy producers should take to protect their herds.
The Cornell Study Findings
• 20% infection rate (777 animals) in a 3,900-cow Ohio dairy
• 76% of infected cows showed NO symptoms while spreading virus
• Infected cows 3.6x more likely to be culled
• Entire outbreak traced to one cow from Texas
Production Impacts
• 73% milk production collapse (35kg to 10kg daily)
• No recovery of production after 60+ days
• Total loss of 901.2kg milk per cow over 2 months
• H5N1 vs. mastitis comp ...
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H5N1 dairy impactbird flu milk productiondairy farm biosecurityavian influenza cattledairy economic losses