Updated
Updated · Salt Lake Tribune · Jul 10
Box Elder County Urges Raw Milk Avoidance After Bird Flu Hits at Least Half of Dairy Cows
Updated
Updated · Salt Lake Tribune · Jul 10

Box Elder County Urges Raw Milk Avoidance After Bird Flu Hits at Least Half of Dairy Cows

2 articles · Updated · Salt Lake Tribune · Jul 10

Summary

  • Box Elder County told residents to avoid raw milk after a bird flu outbreak spread through at least half of the county’s dairy cows.
  • The warning ties directly to the scale of infections in local herds, with the outbreak centered in a major dairy area near Wellsville.
  • The advisory underscores how avian flu in cattle is now driving public-health precautions beyond farms, extending to consumer food choices in northern Utah.

Insights

With bird flu adapting in cows, is the raw milk industry incubating the next human pandemic?
Could a vaccine for dairy cows stop this bird flu outbreak before it jumps to humans?