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Pennsylvania will now require precautionary bulk testing of milk for highly pathogenic avian influenza from Pennsylvania farms as an added measure to prevent the spread of the H5N1 bird flu.

This is the first time the bird flu virus has been detected in swine in the U.S. The H5N1 bird flu spilled over into cattle earlier this year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making $98 million available to pay dairy farmers who lost milk production from an H5N1 avian influenza infection.

There are 11 positive herds in Texas, six in New Mexico, three in Kansas, four in Michigan, and one each in Ohio, Idaho, North Carolina and South Dakota. 

Alan Guebert recommends the USDA consider how animals are raised rather than issuing payments as part of its highly pathogenic avian influenza action plan.

Farmers in western Pennsylvania often seek out lab services in other states, which Pa. Ag Secretary Russell Redding says isn't good enough for a state that claims to prioritize its agricultural economy.

The dairy operation in Wood County received cows on March 8 from a Texas dairy that later confirmed cows were infected with HPAI, or bird flu.

A mystery illness afflicting dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas has been identified as highly pathogenic avian influenza. 

So far Ohio poultry producers have avoided an outbreak of HPAI in their flocks, but, even when there isn't an immediate threat of an outbreak, producers should remain vigilant.