Raw milk containing H5N1 can infect mice, while lab-based heat treatments greatly reduce the virus
University of Wisconsin–MadisonConsuming raw cow's milk that contains H5N1 avian influenza virus poses an infection risk, but a laboratory process that simulates high-temperature pasteurization reduces the virus in infected milk by more than 99.99%. That's according to a team led by University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists, who reported their findings May 24 in a letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine.