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Dairy cattle in New Hampshire will soon be tested for avian flu in an effort to keep people who work with livestock safe.

Prices have more than doubled since the summer of 2023 and millions of chickens are still being slaughtered every month because of bird flu.

More than 1,600 permitted cow farms will test their milk for H5N1, commonly called bird flu, starting in February.

The testing is part of a federal program called the National Milk Test Strategy and will be done at no cost to farmers.