LANSING, Mich. — County fair season is underway in West Michigan, but the bird flu is causing concerns. The virus jumped from birds to dairy cattle for the first time earlier this year.

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Michigan banned lactating cows from all public exhibitions until the state goes two months without finding an infected herd. With only one state fair per year, the chance has passed for 2024 ...

EVART, Mich. — Alison Smith stared at the virtually empty dairy barn inside the Osceola County Fairgrounds, once bustling with teens and preteens preparing to show their prized animals but ...

Some fairs have banned milk cows altogether to prevent the spread. In Michigan, lactating cows are not allowed at fairs until 60 days have passed since a reported positive case.

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The bird flu, also called the highly pathogenic avian influenza, outbreak has spread to cattle in six other states, including Colorado, Texas, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and Idaho.

State officials said the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory detected the bird flu in a backyard flock in Jackson County, the first reported case in the county since 2022.