# Time to Act on New Bird Flu Spillovers | Think Global Health

> Researchers write that USDA confirmed two separate H5N1 spillovers from birds into dairy cows, in Nevada and Arizona, and that 130 poultry flock infections occurred in February 2025. They argue that these events could overwhelm current containment strategies for dairy and poultry.

- Date: 2025-03-10 · published 2025-03-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16019-time-to-act-on-new-bird-flu-spillovers-think-global-health
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Ongoing poultry infections reduce chicken supply and can cut feed demand from layer and broiler operations. Concern over dairy spread also raises risks to milk output.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- thinkglobalhealth.org: https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/time-act-new-bird-flu-spillovers

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