C2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 11, 1997 Secretary Cancels Poultry Exhibits HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Agriculture Secretary Samuel E. Hayes Jr. announced the cancellation of all live poultry and poultry-related product exhibits at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in January. This cancellation includes emu, ostrich, and rhea exhibits. “This is strictly precautionary to prevent the possible transmis sion of the H7N2 avian influenza virus through exhibits at the show," Hayes said. “I am pleased we have had no new incidences of avian influenza in Pennsylvania since July. However, we must not relax our vigilance. The commer cial poultry industry is extremely vital to Pen nsylvania’s agricultural economy. I am going to do what I can to protect our poultry farmers” In June, Gov. Tom Ridge signed a bill pro viding $5 million to poultry producers affected by the out break. The money is being used to reimburse owners for one-third the value of destroyed flocks, for the cost of cleaning and sanitizing the poultry houses, and for other preventative and control measures. Hayes said the history of the virus indicates the greatest influenza risk to poultry may come with cooler weather, and he urged continued atten tion to strict biosecurity within the industry. “Immediate discov ery is an important key to minimizing the spread of the virus. We ask all producers to con tinue to participate in biosecurity surveillance by the department and have any unusual respir atory disorders diag nosed by a laboratory,” Hayes said. In July, Hayes canceled poultry exhi bits at county and com munity fairs in nine southeastern counties. This ban is in effect for the remainder of 1997. The current outbreak of H7N2 began in Leba non County in Decem ber. Since then, 16 flocks were diagnosed with the virus, affecting about 1.75 million lay ing chickens. Nearly one million of them were destroyed in an effort to halt the spread of the disease. A quarantine imposed on a 75-square mile area of northwest ern Lancaster County in May remains in effect. Hayes asked produc ers to continue to keep poultry houses locked, allowing only essential personnel into houses. Workers should wear clean or disposable coveralls, head cover and plastic boots which can be discarded or boots which can be thor oughly washed and dis infected. A disinfectant footbath should be used and changed daily. At Farm Show Movements of all vehicles should be restricted, and vehicles should be disinfected. All supplies brought to farms should be either new, or clean, washed, and disinfected. Hayes commended the poultry industry for their diligence in con taining the virus, but noted the Got firewood? 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