A second type of bird flu has been found in U.S. dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Wednesday.

Bird flu can be transmitted from infected birds to other animals and potentially humans directly from the birds, virus-contaminated environments or an infected animal, according to the CDC.

Nevada dairy cattle infected with a new bird flu strain, Type A H5N1 D1.1, raising concerns of multiple transmission channels ...