B42—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 17,1982 USDA requires legbands on Ca. parrots WASHINGTON D.C. Since March 16, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials have required psit tacmes—parrots and related birds—shipped from California to be identified with leg bands as a means of con trolling outbreaks of exotic Newcastle disease. John K. Atwell, deputy administrator of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Service, said USDA inspectors issue the official legbands and supervise their application on qualified birds. Commercial ship ments of birds released from privately owned, USDA-approved quar antine facilities should already be identified by leg bands applied when the birds entered quarantine. In addition to the leg band iden tification, the birds must be accompanied by a waybill, mvoice or similar document signed by a USDA in spector. Atwell said the new rules were put into effect because illegally imported parrots have been implicated in nearly all recent out breaks of exotic Newcastle disease. This foreign disease is a highly contagious virus infection that is almost always fatal to chickens. Parrots can carry and transmit the disease for months without showing any sign of the disease. Atwell said parakeets, budgerigars, lovebirds and cockatiels are exempt from the new banding requirements because they are bred domestically and have not been implicated in any recent exotic Newcastle disease outbreak. Personally owned pet birds ac companied by the owner are also exempt. “One of our major problems in recent outbreaks—which in many cases appeared to stem from smuggled birds that brought in the disease—has been tracing bird movements and bird ownerships,” Atwell said. “Iden tifying birds with leg bands will make it difficult to move smuggled birds in legitimate trade channels.” Atwell said the regulations specify California shipments because that state appears to be the principal channel for smuggled bird ship ments to the Umted States. It is also one of LOOKING FOR A NW TASTE? R»t4 H«m On Ik* Rmj* Jmm Cmlsi; EAm the largest markets for parrot-type birds. Some 95 percent of all the psittacine birds moved legally from California already meet the new banding rule because they are required to be banded when they enter USDA approved, privately owned quarantine stations, he said. Atwell said USDA will provide the legbands and apply them at no charge. Smce 1972, it has cost approximately $72 million to eradicate outbreaks of exotic Newcastle disease, he said. If these eradication efforts were not successful, it’s estimated that losses to the poultry industry— and ultimately, con sumers—could exceed $4OO million annually. The new rules become effective on an interim basis upon publication in the Federal Register, which is scheduled for March 16. The public has until May 17 to submit comments on the banding rule. Com ments should be sent to the deputy ad ministrator for veterinary services, APHIS, USDA, rm. 870 Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Rd., Hyatt sville, Md., 20782. Ephrata YF to meet Thursday EPHRATA The Ephrata Speakers will include Tom Young Fanners Chapter will hold Johnson, of the Lancaster County a special meeting at 7:45 p.m. Soil Conservation District; Dave Thursday in the Ephrata High Cody, of Chevron Chemical School Agnculture Department. 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