What CDC Is Doing to Respond to Bird Flu Outbreaks in Dairy Cows and Other Animals in the United States

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.)
• Description:
  Key Points
  
   CDC is working closely with USDA to monitor the current H5N1 bird flu situation in wild birds and poultry, dairy cows, and sporadic infections in other mammals, and will provide updates as information is available.
  
   CDC is the lead agency for human health.
  
   The U.S. Department of Interior and USDA are the lead federal departments for outbreak investigation and control in wild birds and agriculture.
  
   USDA APHIS is the lead agency for such activities in domestic birds and agricultural livestock.
  
   The risk to the general public from H5N1 bird flu is currently low.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cattle Dairying Disease Outbreaks Influenza A Virus Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c66b040029e88c681db1fcda10b4debe3a563d43b3d527150d946e3452ec8ab6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/155074/cdc_155074_DS1.pdf
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