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USDA requires HPAI testing for lactating dairy cattle before movement, reporting for all livestock

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APRIL 26, 2024

Department of Agriculture is starting to require negative tests for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, more specifically avian influenza type A H5N1) in dairy cattle before interstate travel. Further, HPAI will become a reportable disease in dairy cattle. Both changes are effective April 29.

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APRIL 25, 2024

But once I get back home to Mexico, I will be climbing hills on livestock trails once again. In all the usual measurements, such as blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar, I still test very well. And, according to my test results, that works for me. Or I may slog on the crusty floorr of a dry lakebed.

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USDA requires HPAI testing for lactating dairy cattle before movement, reporting for all livestock

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