HARRISBURG - ' As
repopulation of flocks destroyed
because highly pathogenic avian
influenza begins, state federal
industry Task Force guidelines
will help reduce the risk that
healthy birds are not going into
unhealthy environments. The
guidelines will also be used to
release state and federal
quarantines on individual farms.
“Our guidelines provide the way
for producers already hit by avian
influenza to get back into business
with a relatively small risk of
additional losses, or of spreading
the virus to other flocks,” said Dr.
D.J. Fichtner, director of the
Avian Influenza Task Force.
Six premises in the quarantine
area that destroyed birds because
of avian influenza have replaced
them with new birds. Three of the
new flocks are located in Lan
caster County, two in Lebanon
County, and one in Chester County.
“The repopulation of flocks is a
positive sign,” said state
Agriculture Secretary Penrose
Hallowell, “but we’re not out of the
woods yet. Producers should
continue to enforce strict rules
about limiting the people who enter
their premises, and follow
stringent decontamination
procedures.”
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Fichtner added, “They should
also participate in the Poultry
Watch program to make sure they
catch an reinfection by the virus at
the earliest possible time.”
The guidelines state the
producers must:
• completely clean and disinfect
all poultry houses, equipment, feed
and must have disposed properly
of all litter, feed and manure;
• wait a minimum of 30 days
after the cleaning and disinfecting
is completed and approved, ob
serving all quarantine restric
tions ;
• receive negative laboratory
results from premises en
vironmentally sampled after
cleaning and disinfection;
• have a statistical number of the
replacement birds tested by an
approved laboratory before
movement;
• provide an affidavit that the
crews handling the replacement
birds have not been exposed to
birds or premises known to be
infected with avian influenza. The
crews must also wear clean
clothing, clean and disinfected
footwear or use disposable
coveralls and disposable boots
over footwear;
• make sure that vehicles used to
transport the birds are properly
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cleaned and disinfected; it is repopulated.
• and, have proper permits to Once the new flocks are
repopulate their premise. established, they will be included
Every step of the procedure is in the “Poultry Watch” sur
approved by Task Force officials, veillance program. '
who will also survey the neigh-, As of January 24,253 flocks have
borhood around the premise before been declared positive for highly
Avian
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to prevent the spread of the high
pathogenic virus.”
Heinz added that any eradication
program must meet the test of
fairness and effectiveness, in
cluding fair market indemnities.
Virginia Sen. John Warner, who
testified with Heinz, said the
Pennsylvania avian flu crisis “is a
problem that threatens the
national poultry industry and,
therefore, needs a national
remedy.”
Warner, who supports the need
for additional federal indemnities,
said that on the average $1.82 has
been paid per bird. This amount,
he added, does not match the down
time and other costs incurred by
the poultrymen.
In addition to the senators,
Lancaster County poultrymen and
industry represetatives pleaded
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In opposing the change sup
ported by the Thornburgh Ad
ministration, the Grange said the
change would increase the number
of drunk drivers and alcohol ad
diction among the young, would
increase costs to taxpayers and
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their cases on behalf of the state’s
$4OO million poultry industry.
Donald Horn, executive vice
president of Pennfield Cor
poration, told Sen. Speotor that the
state’s poultry industry will suffer
dramatic changes without federal
aid.
“We will likely see farm
bankruptcies and foreclosures,
loss of both domestic and export
markets and a substantial
reduction in the size of the in
dustry,” Horn said.
“We have been willing to make
this enormous sacrifice because it
is in the best interest of our own
state’s industry and the national
poultry industry, as well as the
nation’s consumers.”
Horn added that the poultrymen
believe “that in return for the
enormous sacrifice the Penn
sylvania poultry industry is
making, we must receive fair
market value for our destroyed
poultry.”
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Pa. Secretary of Agriculture
Penrose Hallowell agreed that
farmers “are paying a dear price,
not only for their businesses, but
also for the lives of their families.”
Hallowell said the number of
people affected by the avian crisis
goes beyond the several hundred
farmers and indudes those who
supply the birds, work in the feed
mills and supply stores, and those
who work on the marketing side.
Also speaking at the hearing
were Lancaster County poultry
farmers Charles Warfel, Willow
Street, and Ronald Shaffer,
Manheim. Written testimonies by
poultrymen Warren Miller and
Dale Rohrer were presented for
the record.
While no decisions were made
concerning additional federal
indemnities, the testimonies given
Thursday will be compiled and
reviewed for consideration of the
fair market value poultrymen are
seeking.
only benefit the liquor interests
and Mafia.
Mrs. Aldus Martin still had a few
dinner theatre tickets for Feb. 4
and may be contacted for them, as
no tickets will be available at the
door. Pomona Master Clifford
Holloway Jr. still had tickets for
the Lancaster Co. Pomona Grange
recognition dinner to- be held
Wednesday at Willow Valley
Restaurant.
The Secretary, Dons Brown,
read a letter of thanks from Cub
Scout Troop 130 for permitting
them to meet in the Grange Hall. It
was announced that the first four
degrees will be given May 14.
The Lecturer, Sandy Galbreath,
presented the Mary Graham
Dancers, a group of teenage girls,
who performed six dance routines.
They made a nice appearance in
their varied costumes and had a
program which displayed their
talents. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Smith
showed colored slides of the
Grange tour last summer to New
Brunswick, Prince Edward Island
and Nova Scotia, after which
Annaßell Wiley showed movies of
the trip and several others had
snap shots and cards to view.
The program for the next
meeting, Feb. 13, will feature
“Family Feud” with Grange
participation. The young marrieds
committee, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas
Brin, chairman, will be in charge
of the program.
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company that went bankrupt and
requires some renovation.
The two real money makers for
API are the fluid milk plants in
Lansdale and Schuykill Haven,
said Alger. API ice cream sales
increased by 50 percent last year,
he said. Less than two percent of
APl’s manufactured products had
to be sold to the CCC last year.
API board members are trying
to get 10 cents of the 15 cents
mandatory deduction back to API
for brand name advertising. Alger
said it is still uncertain if funds
from the national promotion
program may be used on brand
name advertising.
Entertainment following the
meal was provided by a chorus of
producers’ wives. The women sang
a collection of gospel songs.
pathogenic avian influenza with
the 5,100 square mile quarantine
area in Pennsylvania, and the 12
square mile quarantine area in
New Jersey.
More than 10 million birds have
been destroyed to date.