Stephanie Sy:
In addition to groups like Project Protect, a federally funded agricultural health and safety center at Colorado State University has been using social media to provide information to workers.
While the virus, known as H5N1, has killed more than 100 million poultry birds and tens of thousands of Marine mammals, in cows, it has been less deadly, with most recovering after experiencing a drop in milk production.
While at least one person has been hospitalized with bird flu, this recent strain of the virus circulating in cows has been relatively mild in humans, and the risk to the public remains low.
But Colorado state veterinarian Maggie Baldwin and state epidemiologist Rachel Herlihy are watching the changes in the pathogen closely.
