H5N1 bird flu outbreak enters fourth year in U.S.

H5N1 bird flu outbreak enters fourth year in U.S.

SALEM, Ohio — As the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza enters its fourth year, experts who track the disease are continuing to express concern over the virus’s capacity to jump to animals that aren’t birds. “The one thing that has been different is the potential to see it more in other animal species, especially in dairy herds,” said Joe Moritz, a professor of dairy science at West Virginia University. The disease impacts poultry, such…