Joanna connected with Keith Poulsen, director of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, to get up to speed on the recent USDA announcement of the new federal order to begin a national milk testing strategy to address the H5N1 in dairy herds.

As of this announcement, the following six states will be included in the first round of states brought into the program for testing: California, Colorado, Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.

Keith shares more about what Wisconsin could expect if we are required to start testing. 

Resources:

• Information on the federal order from USDA 
• Wisconsin DATCP information  | DATCP most recent update
• National Milk resources mentioned in episode