Bird Flu 2024 California. California is the 14th state to report an infection of bird flu in dairy cows. The california department of food and agriculture said thursday that h5n1 bird flu is suspected to have infected three dairy herds in the state.
Avian influenza (ai), commonly called bird flu, is a disease found in some populations of wild water fowl that can infect chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail, ducks, geese and guinea fowl, as well as a wide variety of other. Bird flu is highly contagious among birds, and since 2022, more than four million chickens have been euthanized in merced county alone because of potential.