By Ethan Covey
An anonymous serosurvey conducted by the CDC at a veterinary conference in September 2024 identified evidence of previous avian influenza A(H5) infection in three out of 150 bovine practitioners who had contact with cattle within the three months before the survey.
Two of the veterinarians who demonstrated evidence of previous infection reported no known exposure to animals with known or suspected A(H5), a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus infection. The other person