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USDA outlines national milk-testing strategy as Minnesota plans state sampling and response
Summary
APHIS and USDA described a five-stage national milk-testing strategy requiring raw-milk samples on request and expanded herd-monitoring programs; Minnesota officials outlined logistical plans to leverage industry labs and raised concerns about resource strain, privacy and how positive results would be reported to neighboring farms and industries.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday described a new national milk-testing strategy to better map and limit spread of H5N1 in dairy cattle, a federal effort that Minnesota officials said will require major state-level logistics and policy decisions.
USDA/APHIS infectious-disease staff told the Minnesota Board of Animal Health the agencyhas recorded hundreds of detections since March and that a federal order already requires pre-movement testing for lactating dairy cattle. The newly described national testing strategy adds a formal, phased approach that may require states to provide raw-milk samples to USDA at its request. APHIS also…
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