A mysterious disease circulating in dairy cows located in the Texas Panhandle, New Mexico, and Kansas has been baffling the agriculture industry, but no more. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has announced he received confirmation from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) that the mystery disease has been identified as a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). USDA said that affected dairy cows do not appear to be transmitting the virus to other cattle within the same herd.
According to USDA, as of Monday,…
