Minnesota's dairy herds have been declared to be currently unaffected by the bird flu virus, the United States Department of Agriculture reported after months of sampling.

The declaration means Minnesota's Department of Agriculture will only have to test milk samples once every two months instead of monthly . However, there will still be restrictions regarding moving animals between states.

Back in February, the MDA and the Minnesota Board of Animal Health started checking for the H5N1 virus , also known as the avian influenza A virus, in both dairy herds and poultry flocks to help prevent its spread. The bird flu , as it is also known, is highly contagious and can be spread from wild birds to domestic poultry and other animals .

While one case of the virus was found in

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