Countries Ban U.S. Chicken as Result of HPAI Outbreak in Tennessee
South Korea was the first country to announce a ban on imports of U.S. chicken and eggs after HPAI was detected in Tennessee earlier this week. South Korea has itself been fighting an avian influenza...
View ArticleNCC Updates Avian Influenza Information
In the wake of the first positive detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza, NCC this week updated its consumer-facing information about the disease on Chicken Check In. That information is...
View ArticleHigh Path Avian Influenza Confirmed in Tennessee Broiler Breeder Flock
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on Sunday confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H7 avian influenza (HPAI) of the North American wild bird lineage in a commercial chicken...
View ArticleNCC Updates FAQ on HPAI
With the second confirmed case this week of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Tennessee, NCC has updated its FAQ that members can use as a resource for communication with consumers and...
View ArticleSecond Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Confirmed in Lincoln County,...
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced yesterday that it has confirmed a second case of highly pathogenic H7N9 avian influenza in a commercial breeder flock in Lincoln...
View ArticleLow Pathogenic Avian Influenza Found in Georgia
A flock of chickens at a commercial poultry breeding operation in Chattooga County in Georgia tested positive on Monday for H7, presumptively low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) because the flock did...
View ArticleGeorgia Ends Restrictions Imposed on Poultry Producers After Low Pathogenic...
Georgia officials say they have ended restrictions on poultry producers that were imposed on March 16 after the first confirmation of avian influenza in chickens at a commercial poultry breeding...
View ArticleAPHIS Publishes Comprehensive Avian Influenza Epidemiology Report
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services division has published a comprehensive report on the 2017 combined highly-pathogenic and...
View ArticleNCC Welcomes Reopening of South Korean Market
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Thursday that the government of South Korea has lifted its ban on imports of U.S. poultry and poultry products, including fresh eggs. Korea had...
View ArticleAvian Influenza Found in Turkey Farm in Northern Germany
A case of avian influenza has been found on a small turkey farm in Lower Saxony in northern Germany, one of Europe’s largest production regions, although it is not yet certain what variant of the...
View ArticleAvian Influenza H5N2 Found in Wild Mallard in Montana; No Illness Found in...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has detected the presence of Eurasian/North American reassortant H5N2 avian influenza in a wild mallard...
View ArticleAPHIS Announces New Biosecurity Campaign
Strong biosecurity programs that are understood and practiced at all levels of the commercial industry are one of the best ways to protect flocks against HPAI and other infectious diseases. Focusing on...
View ArticleEurope Expecting More Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Next Few Weeks
Europe is expecting more outbreaks of avian influenza in the next few weeks as wild birds migrate southward, said Matthew Stone, deputy director general of the World Organization for Animal Health....
View ArticleH5N2 Avian Influenza Found in Wild Duck in Alaska
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reported that it has detected the H5N2 strain of avian influenza in a wild mallard duck in a state refuge in Fairbanks, Alaska. The H5N2 strain led to the loss of...
View ArticleDutch Government Orders Poultry Indoors After Avian Influenza Discoveries
The Dutch government said yesterday it had ordered farmers in the Netherlands to keep poultry flocks indoors after wildfowl infected with avian influenza were discovered in several European countries,...
View ArticleNational Poultry Improvement Plan Adopts Minimum Biosecurity Principles for...
Following the 2014 and 2015 U.S. outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, biosecurity measures were developed and proposed by the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) General Conference...
View ArticleWorld Organization for Animal Health Cautions that Europe and U.S. Should...
More outbreaks of avian influenza in Europe are likely to occur in the next few weeks as wild birds believed to transmit the virus migrate southward, said Matthew Stone, Deputy Director General of the...
View ArticleFootbaths, as Single Tool, Not Capable of Preventing Pathogen Introduction...
Footbaths, as a single tool, are not capable of preventing pathogen introduction into commercial flocks, a California-based study concluded, according to a report from Meatingplace. Researchers at the...
View ArticleLow-Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected at Broiler Breeder Farm in Texas
A low-pathogenic strain of avian influenza was detected at a commercial broiler breeder farm in Hopkins County, Texas, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) reported. The latest detection of...
View ArticleNCC Welcomes South Korea’s Adoption of a Regionalization Policy, Limiting...
The U.S. poultry and egg industry heralded the announcement that South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has adopted a regionalization policy, which will prevent a countrywide ban...
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