A roundup of news articles featuring the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. With the current highly pathogenic avian flu outbreak dominating news cycles, the University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has been a key source of information for journalists covering the issue.
Influenza virus testing of cattle by PCR is available at the Minnesota VDL as part of the State and National responses to the emergence of H5N1 influenza virus in cattle.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was detected in samples from adult dairy cows in Texas and Kansas.
