 Some help for H5N1 milk production losses. I'm Larry Lee with the Brownfield Dairy Update. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says USDA has expanded the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farmed Raised Fish, or ELAP program, to cover milk losses caused by the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. It does dramatically limit milk production for a period of time.