Bird Flu In Texas 2024. The strain of h5n1 bird flu isolated from a dairy worker in texas was 100 percent fatal in ferrets used to model influenza illnesses in humans. Health officials say a human case of the h5n1 bird flu has been found in texas in a person exposed to dairy cattle.

Less than a week after sick dairy cattle in texas and kansas tested positive for. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (hpai) a h5n1 virus is an emerging disease in cattle and was confirmed in texas and other states in march 2024.