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Researchers from the University of Minnesota are studying the presence of avian influenza in dairy cattle. This research ...

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Influenza B has never caused a pandemic. Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains tend to infect birds.