Dairy industry leaders are wondering if they’ve been dealing with HPAI for a 2–3 years now, he added. Upon further testing earlier this year, the dairy industry identified high-path avian influenza in a dairy herd in Texas. “There was a heifer farm in Texas that was raising heifers and then shipping the heifers all around the United States to be grown out on dairy farms,” Gregory said. “As of now, there's about 8 to 10 different states that have dairy herds that have tested positive for this HPAI,” Gregory added. Still, outbreaks continue to surface across the country, both on poultry and dairy farms.