{"id":7582,"date":"2025-02-20T20:11:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T20:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/bird-flu-confirmed-in-rats-for-first-time-usda-reports\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T20:11:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T20:11:21","slug":"bird-flu-confirmed-in-rats-for-first-time-usda-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/bird-flu-confirmed-in-rats-for-first-time-usda-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird flu confirmed in rats for first time, USDA reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-bird-flu-hospitalizations-rise-ohio-discloses-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Bird flu<\/a><\/span> has been detected in rats for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture&#8217;s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Four black rats were confirmed to have H5N1 avian flu in late January in Riverside County, California, where two recent poultry outbreaks were reported, the agency said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials have previously confirmed the virus in mice found on affected farms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The agency&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/livestock-poultry-disease\/avian\/avian-influenza\/hpai-detections\/mammals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">latest update<\/a> also included other infected mammals in locations around the country, including a harbor seal in Massachusetts, a fox in North Dakota, a bobcat in Washington state and a domestic cat in Oregon. Officials said the cat infection is likely related to a recent report of two pets from Multnomah County that were sickened after eating <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bird-flu-cats-wild-coast-raw-recall-warnings\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">raw pet food<\/a><\/span> contaminated with the virus.<\/p>\n<p>The latest bird flu discoveries come as the USDA is trying to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/usda-accidentally-fired-bird-flu-experts-rehire\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">rehire bird flu experts<\/a><\/span> that the agency recently fired as part of cost-cutting based on recommendations from the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/what-is-doge-elon-musk-findings-trump\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a><\/span>, or DOGE.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although several positions supporting [highly pathogenic avian influenza] were notified of their terminations over the weekend, we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters,&#8221; the USDA said in a statement to CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The agency said several types of workers, including veterinarians and other emergency response personnel, had been exempted from job cuts so that they could continue to work on the USDA&#8217;s effort to deal with bird flu. The agency said it &#8220;continues to prioritize the response to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since the H5N1 strain of the bird flu began spreading in the U.S. in 2022, about\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/as-bird-flu-ravages-poultry-industry-the-damage-spreads\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">148 million birds<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on poultry farms have been euthanized to prevent additional infections, which has caused\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/egg-prices-bird-flu-inflation-stores-limit-purchases\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">egg prices to spike.<\/a><\/span>\u00a0In March 2024, the illness was found in dairy cows for the first time, while almost 70\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bird-flu-first-severe-case-us-cdc-backyard-flock\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">human cases<\/a><\/span>\u00a0have been identified, mostly in dairy and poultry workers. So far,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bird-flu-h5n1-death-first-us-louisiana\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">one person, a Louisiana resident, has died<\/a><\/span>\u00a0from the virus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/megan-cerullo\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Megan Cerullo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.<br \/>\n      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/sara-moniuszko\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sara Moniuszko<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. 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