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In the last 30 days, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in one case in poultry in one state and three cases in livestock in one state. To date, there have been no H5N1 detections in livestock in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin had a poultry detection in April.
With help from industry partners, Wisconsin is sampling milk at the farm level for the mandatory USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service National Milk Testing Strategy with the goal of testing each farm approximately every month.
DATCP expects to continue to use samples that are already collected for routine milk testing to streamline the testing process.
To date, more than 8,200 milk samples have been tested as part of the NMTS. H5N1 has not been detected in any of the samples. These tests represent nearly all licensed dairies in Wisconsin, with remaining verifications underway to ensure complete statewide reach.
