(WOWT) - State and federal health officials have confirmed a case of HPAI in a dairy herd in central Nebraska.

According to a Monday news release from the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, it’s the first such case among dairy cattle in the state. Highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected early this year among a backyard flock in Saunders County and in geese found dead at Heartland of America Park .

The herd was quarantined, the ag department said. A national lab service confirmed the strain was “very similar” the strain that has been found in cattle in California .

“With supportive care, dairy cattle recover with little to no mortality associated with the disease,” the ag department release states.

Nebraska was among several states that began testing milk for bird flu in

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