COLLEGE PARK. Md. Effective April 1, state depart ments of agriculture in Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania joint ly rescinded prohibitions against the sale of live poultry at auction markets in those states. This action cancelled an order issued on January 26 that halted tales at live poultry auctions because of a serious threat posed to the poultry industry by out breaks of avian influenza type HSN2. Both actions were taken in accordance with the Mid-Atlantic Poultry Health Agreement of 1987. Guidelines for lifting the ban were developed at a March 10 meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Cooperative Extension (MACE) Poultry Health and Management Unit at the College Park campus of the Viiginia-Maryland Region al College of Veterinary Medi cine. Poultry researchers, regulat ory officials, and extension educa tors from Virginia. Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture were in attendance. 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C hHt )U,try ‘ % Plant Hcallh Ins P ecdon Service four sentinel buds ui scattered has Q to dcvelop locations at each market was itaWe for dcalin £ „ lMh . with flocks where disease out- ih”!!" 6 bud ? W °K d breaks are confirmed. caged on the day prior to each auc- H . Wesley T a mem . uon and removed on die day fol- of the gui / clincs committee, lowing each auction. They would notes tha( MACE suggcsUon s be shipped to a designated state wi „ followed completely in animal health laboratory to be and Maryland. Towers tested for avian influenza and is the state vet ; rinarian in other poultry diseases. Delaware. • Birds uk totmg sendogicaUy jj u t Pennsylvania officials have positive .could be returned to the dccided adopt sendncl M “^ u,ed “ bird procedure. No formal action sentinel buds within two weeks. Live auction market wofken will do thorough sweepiiig and disin- as taken m nUI P 2 ?* s ' Tl ■ V. . because no prohibition against * th ? prcn ?,“ e ? b^!! n live auction sales had been sales. They also will give proper institu ted care to the sentinel birds. USDA . .. , . animal health regulatory officials Poultry health professional win continue to make periodic workers ™olv* in ? e MA p environmental tests Vt the 25STSS markets auction markets have received x t ...rtinn miJ i„ special attention because they aro «"*”»'.“ >* i"»»l*ed.» emphasis to recordkeeping so that buyers and seUers of live poultry th ® cccnt . l992 93 ou “ )r< r ak can be identified. This prtioedure “J {ZJ™ 00 * outbrcaks dunng !,£! The latest outbreaks so far have h confined to small flocks and may have occurred. tave „ ot as yet spread to large Timed-Release For Season-Long Control I ■ ■■-1 commercial broiler or layer flocks in the Mid-Atlantic area. Along with an ever-growing commercial poultry industry, small flock numbers, too, are booming in the Mid-Atlantic and Delmarva areas, according to Dr. Charles J. Wabeck, a poultry spe cialist for the Cooperative Exten sion Service, Maryland Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources, a part of the University of Maryland System. Wabeck is stationed at the Prin cess Anne facility of the Lower Eastern Shore Research and Edu cation Center. He notes that more than 1,800 backyard flocks have been counted on the Delmarva peninsula in a project headed by Dr. Jeannind M. Harter-Dennis at the University of Maryland East ern Shore in Princess Anne. Many of these small flocks are of a specialized nature, containing rare or valuable types of birds not found in large commercial flocks. For that reason, wholesale depop ulation of infected flocks—as has been practiced with commercial flocks —may not be equitable. In some cases, the birds may be irreplaceable. But small flock owners—and Uncwnr Farming, Saturday, May 1.199349 123-93-15 the live auction markets that they often patronize—need to wake up to the necessity of practicing biosecurity in order to prevent ser ious disease outbreaks that could devastate both the small flock/iivc auction network and the entire commercial poultiy industry. In the Delmarva area alone, broiler production and processing brings in an annual income of $1.25 billion and employs 22,000 persons, according to J. William Satterfield, executive director of Delmarva Poultiy Industry, Inc., a trade organization headquartered at Georgetown, Del. Leaders Discuss Ag Priorities HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Representatives of 34 agricul tural organizations met here recently to outline priorities and concerns for Pennsylvania agri culture through the year 2000. Secretary of Agriculture Boyd E. Wolff told delegates to the day long Pennsylvania Ag-Agenda program that the event was organ ized to give all agriculture-related organizations an opportunity to exchange ideas on both short and long term priorities. “The delegates who attended made the decisions concerning topics for discussion, because prior to the meeting we asked each organization to outline its con cerns,” Wolff said. “The discussion demonstrated there are great concerns over the environment, farmland preserva tion, governmental regulation, the profitability of farming, animal health, nutrient management, food safety, and a variety of funding issues.” After outlining priorities and goals, delegates to the Ag-Agenda conference discussed cooperative efforts so that organizations with common goals and concerns can work together toward solving problems. GIGANTIC SILICTION IN Lancaster Farming's CLASSIFIEDS
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