In the last 30 days, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or H5N1, in:
- 3 cases in poultry in one state.
- 2 cases in livestock in two states.
To date, there have been no H5N1 detections in livestock in Wisconsin. Access the list of recent poultry detections in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin and the National Milk Testing Strategy
With help from industry partners, Wisconsin is sampling milk at the farm level for the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) National Milk Testing Strategy (NMTS) with the goal of testing each farm approximately every month. DATCP expects to continue utilizing samples that are already collected for routine milk testing to streamline the testing process.
To date, H5N1 has not been detected in any of the samples. The DATCP H5N1 in Dairy Cattle website will be updated weekly as the testing continues.
