Clues from bird flu's ground zero on dairy farms in the Texas panhandle
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Nearly 60 days passed before veterinarians identified the culprit: a highly pathogenic strain of the bird flu virus, H5N1. Had it been detected sooner, the outbreak might have been swiftly contained.
Why did it take so long to recognize the virus on high-tech farms in the world's richest country? Even though H5N1 has circulated for nearly three decades, its arrival in dairy cattle was unexpected.
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