On March 25, the bird flu virus infected the first herd of cows in the United States. A person was also infected and about thirty dairy farms were affected, including three near the Canadian border.
What is the risk to Canadian producers and especially to humans?
Listen as microbiologist and head of the infectious diseases department at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital, Karl Weiss, emphasizes to host Paul Arcand that most influenza viruses are avian and humans are incidental hosts with low pandemic risk.
However, he emphasizes that industrial poultry farms may suffer economically from culling due to the rapid spread of these viruses.
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