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USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Dairy Herd in New Mexico
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USDA Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Dairy Herd in New Mexico

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a dairy herd in New Mexico, as well as 5 additional dairy herds in Texas.  APHIS shared on Fri., March 29 that its National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa, was working to confirm presumptive positive test results from New Mexico, Texas and Idaho herds; this announcement is a follow up to that information. 

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