USDA’s efforts to contain avian flu outbreak in cows take center stage in central Iowa

AMES, Iowa (AP) - At first glance, it looks like an unremarkable farm. Cows are scattered across fenced fields. In the distance, a milking parlor with a tractor stands next to it. But the people who work there aren't farmers, and other buildings look more like what you'd find at a modern university than a cow pasture.

Welcome to the National Animal Disease Center, a government research center in Iowa where 43 scientists are working with pigs, cows and other animals to address the bird flu outbreak currently spreading among America's wildlife and develop ways to stop it.

Of particular ...