Courtesy of the USDA APHIS“The National Veterinary Services Laboratories said the strain resembles one found in California, the department said, adding that with care, dairy cattle typically recover with little to no associated mortality,” Ramirez reported. “Scott Hensley, a professor of microbiology at the [University of Pennsylvania], told USA TODAY the announcement wasn’t unexpected given the virus’s ongoing circulation among cattle,” Ramirez reported. Lab tests confirmed they had influenza A and the H5 strain of bird flu,” Marohn reported. As president of Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, he and 15 other farmers recently traveled to Washington to meet with lawmakers and to push for a vaccine.”“‘It’s going to be a while. Bird Flu Persists As Cattle Infected in Nebraska was originally published by Farmdoc.