Huge amounts of bird-flu virus found in raw milk of infected cows (2024)

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05 June 2024

New findings point to the milking process as a possible route of avian-influenza spread between cows — and from cow to human.

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Milk from cows infected with bird flu contains astronomical numbers of viral particles, which can survive for hours in splattered milk, new data show¹^,². The research adds to growing evidence that the act of milking has probably been driving viral transmission among cows, other animals and potentially humans.

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