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At the October World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin, farmers displayed pictures on their cellphones to Keith Poulsen, who was astounded. Poulsen, a livestock veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin, had previously observed ailing cows with slack udders and dripping noses.
However, he was astounded by the extent of the farmers' attempts to care for the ailing cows. Videos of the systems they developed to simultaneously hydrate hundreds of cattle were displayed. During 14-hour shifts, dairy workers used metal tubes placed into the oesophagus to pump gallons of electrolyte-rich fluids into sick cows, as reported by CNN.
He compared it to witnessing hundreds of injured soldiers being treated at a field hospital on an active battlefield.
Did the US government fail to contain the spread of the virus?
The virus is still spreading nearly a year after the first bird flu outbreak among cattle. When the virus was limited to a few states, the U.S. government failed to eradicate it on dairy farms by promptly identifying infected cows and taking action to prevent the spread of their infections. In 16 states, at least 875 herds have now tested positive.
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