- cross-posted to:
- vegan
- cross-posted to:
- vegan
Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has spread in U.S. herds since last year, Agriculture Department officials said Wednesday.
The detection indicates that distinct forms of the virus known as Type A H5N1 have spilled over from wild birds into cattle at least twice. Experts said it raises new questions about wider spread and the difficulty of controlling infections in animals and the people who work closely with them.
“I always thought one bird-to-cow transmission was a very rare event. Seems that may not be the case,” said Richard Webby, an influenza expert at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Never been happier to be a vegetarian incapable of processing milk.
Edit: to be clear, I’m poking fun at your upcoming bankruptcy over a simple dinner of milk steak and jellybeans.
Depression diet is coming and meat won’t be on the menu.
It’s ok. I still got my emergency rum ham.
Being able to eat meat doesn’t mean you have to. Something that (perhaps slightly irrationally) annoys me about some people. They act as if a meal requires meat and then complain at how expensive food is to buy. Laughs in omnivore £15/week each diet. But by not being actually vegetarian I can still have things like Worcestershire sauce too.
It’s tragic that people have already killed their cats with raw milk (and some cat food), apparently. I’m sure Brainworms will be looking out for everyone’s pets, too…
Pasteurization is done for a reason.
There is a paper out about reactivation after pasteurization sadly.
I’d be interested in the specifics of that - as far as I’ve seen it’s been shown to be very effective.
That won’t make it any cheaper when it follows the price of eggs
I have to have whole milk and other dairy as part of my nutritional regimen as worked out by a professional dietician, so I’m glad I’m not in America right now.
Shame that’s not how this virus works with it’s concern of jumping from avians and mammals, including humans.
That is one concern, if it’s also resulting in a lot of livestock being killed off that will now impact food prices of more than just eggs.