STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) Avian Influenza (AI)
remains a constant threat to poultry
producers because the virus can
still be found periodically in vari
ous areas where poultry are
concentrated.
There ate measurers every pro
ducer should take to minimize the
possibility of infecting his flock
with the virus.
The amount of AI virus requited
to cover the face of a dime is
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Tighten Biosecurity Against Avian influenza
enough to infect one million birds.
The disease is found periodical
ly in live bird and auction markets,
in wild waterfowl that land in
fields or ponds, in occasional
backyard, hobby or show flocks, in
domestic waterfowl and, on occa
sion, in a commercial flock.
According to a news release,
There are various strains, or ser
otypes. of the AI virus, and
although the HS and H 7 types are
the most feared, though any of the
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717*64*0001
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717*86*2000
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Route 36, Box 123
Oakland Mill, PA 17076
717-403-2161
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21*06*2090
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Route 642
Honesdafe, PA 16431
717*72*7117
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RD 2. Rt 61,3 Milas S.
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21*62*2441
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HonayQrova, PA
717.784*8662
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. Ot*y, PA 19547
215-927-6277
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Butler, PA 16001
412-462-2131
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80 State St.
Everett, PA 15537
814-652-6990
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Sarvica
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215-593-2407
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1066 Lincoln Way West
Chambersbury PA 17201
717-263-8424
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Jersey Shore, PA 17740
717-398-1391
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Peach Bottom , PA 17883
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types have the potential to become
highly disease-producing, if they
pass through a series of flocks.
Nationally, AI was reported
from pheasants and quail(they
were killed), and imported pet
birds (they were quarantined), and
at live bird markets in New York
and New Jersey.
In Pennsylvania, an active
surveillance program has been in
place ever since the 1983-84 out
break, when more than 16 million
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chickens were killed to stop the
disease. In Pennsylvania, more
than 80,000 samples are tested for
AI each year.
There are a number of consider
ations that can help protect an indi
vidual flock, and ultimately the
industry.
Producers should not allow
poultry dealers who travel from
farm to farm, or from auction to
auction markets to visit a flock.
Unnecessary visitors should be
kept out of the flock and those who
must visit should be required to
wear clean coveralls and protec
tive footwear.
Insist that any hauling crates or
equipment brought to the farm are
clean and sanitized.
Depopulate an entire flock at
one time, avoid the practice of
“topping off.** which means to
remove only part of a flock. This
practice allows a small amoung of
virus to incubate and cause disease
in the remaining birds.
Wild birds and waterfowl can
carry the disease. They also can
migrate thousands of miles during
the fall, and in the spring, carrying
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Chain feeders are not
disease. Be careful not to track vir
us in from the fields into the poul
try house. It can be carried on foot
wear and clothing.
Do not let waterfowl hunters to
enter you flock without, clean
coveralls and protective footwear.
Likewise, domestic waterfowl
can also be frequent carriers of AI
viruses. Avoid contact of domestic
waterfowl with chicken or turkey
flocks and follow sanitary proce
dures after walking through an
area visited by domestic waterfowl
or where they congregate.
The ratites, which includes the
ostriches, rheas, and emus, may
also be infected with AI viruses
and they should be considered a
potential risk to a poultry flock.
Dead birds should be disposed
of in a manner that does not attract
domestic or wild predators or
scavangers.
If a producer finds that his flock
is sick, that producer should avoid
visiting other flocks, unless
extreme precautions are taken.
If a flock shows respiratory
signs of illness, an unexplained
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