Schellenger Named Acting
Executive Director Of
Lancaster Farmland Trust
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The board of trustees of the
Lancaster Farmland Trust
named Heidi Schellenger as the
acting executive director of the
trust at the board’s monthly
meeting.
“As we conduct our national
search for a new executive direc
tor, we are confident that Heidi
will continue to administer the
business of our organization,”
said Lee Dmitzak, chairman.
He said, “Heidi has worked as
the trust’s director of land preser
vation for the past two years,
during which time she has gained
extensive experience assisting
fanners with the easement pro
cess. She also has assisted with
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Letter Sent To Veneman
From: Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania
Dept. Of Agriculture Office Of
The Secretary Samuel E. Hayes, Jr.
Date: January 17,2002
To: The Honorable
Ann Veneman, Secretary
United States Department
of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave.,
Suite 200 A
Washington, D.C. 20250
Dear Secretary Veneman:
Greetings from Pennsylvania.
The poultry industry and agricul
tural economy of Pennsylvania are
suffering another outbreak of
avian influenza.
Vaccination. The Pennsylvania
Animal Health and Diagnostic Com
mission and the Poultry Council of
the PennAg Industries Association
are urgently requesting that Pennsyl
vania be granted authorization to use
the killed vaccine that was
produced in 1997. I join in that re
quest. Production of the H7N2 vac
cine in 1997 was initiated by tne PA
Department of Agriculture and ap
proved by USDA; but, it was not au
thorized for use in 1997. The vaccine
is being tested for potency.
Pennsylvania wants to use the
vaccine to help stem the spread
of the current infection.
The poultry industry knows
the continuing question about
international trade. While I do
not minimize what has been a
vexing trade question, we
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tuiy ability to protect our poultry in
dustry. That issue should be elimi
nated so the poultry industry of
Pennsylvania and the Nation can be
properly protected against the con
tinuing reoccurrence of avian influ
enza. However, in the most immedi
ate sense, there will not be resolution
of the international trade question.
There is opportunity for some “mid
dle ground” at the present time. For
instance, we could vaccinate breeder
broilers. The Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture, in cooperation
with USDA and the poultry industry,
is making every effort to contain this
outbreak and eradicate the virus by
quarantining affected premises, de
populating infected flocks, delaying
the re-population of any empty house
in the area, intensifying bio-security,
pursuing our monitored flock pro
gram, and increasing educational ef
forts. We have expertise and experi
ence. Despite these actions, this virus
continues to be prevalent. To date,
we have depopulated 134,500 birds
and it is uncertain whether con
tainment will be possible. As you
know, avian influenza can be explo
sive, fast-moving, and deadly. As a
minimum, vaccination within a care
fully prescribed protocol to defuse
the trade question while still provid
ing a protective shield for breeder
birds should be considered for at
least a pilot test.
Our veterinary technical advisors
from the Animal Health and Diag
nostic Commission, The Pennsylva
nia State University, University of
Pennsylvania School of Veterinary
Medicine, industry and the Pennsyl
vania Department of Agriculture, all
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of whom have had extensive experi
ence with avian influenza, strongly
believe that appropriate use of vac
cine could aid in the control and
eradication of this outbreak.
There are 436,000 high-value
breeder birds in 29 flocks in the
10-mile zone around the index case.
There is a logical use for the vaccine
to protect these valuable breeder
birds which are not being raised for
poultry meat themselves. These
breeder flocks are critical in the time
ly and sequential re-supply of young
broiler birds for the industry. They
should be protected from the virus.
There are millions of meat birds in
the affected area.
The specific protocol for use of the
vaccine and the accompanying moni
toring of vaccinated flocks would be
developed in cooperation with
USDA. We should really work to
gether to establish an effective ‘mid
dle ground’ protocol that provides
for a carefully defined vaccination
program on a test basis (EX: Broiler
Breeders). Should this current infec
tion spread and gain entrance into
other concentrated regions of our
very large and very important poul
try industry in Pennsylvania, we
could be facing a situation similar to
the outbreak in 1983-84 when
11,500,772 birds were lost to avian
influenza. It is not a thoughtful pub
lic policy to have a totally inflexible
program without any attempt to seek
effective middle ground.
This most recent infection is a nat
ural phenomenon. However, it could
be introduced by international terror
ists. This fact adds to the case for a
vaccination protocol that could act as
a protective shield
against such an invasion
of our agriculture. In the
event of agro-terrorism,
there would be appropri
ate criticism of a public
policy that is so inflexible
it resists absolutely all ef
forts to vaccinate within
a thoughtfully prescribed
protocol as a methodolo
gy to protect our ability
to propagate replacement
birds and sustain our
ability to produce food
for the citizens of our Na
tion.
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We are prepared to
work with USD A to find
a correct and pro-active
public policy with regard
to vaccination. It is re
spectfully recommended
we start this process very,
very soon. Please share
your thoughts with me.
Live Bird Market in
New York. Linked to
avian influenza and the
Pennsylvania poultry in
dustry is the live bird
market in New York.
While it is not intended
to be critical of New
York, it is a fact that this
live bird market is a con
stant source of infection
and re-infection. It just
happens to be in New
York. For several
months, USDA, PA De-
partment of Agriculture,
health professionals in
adjoining states, and the
poultry industry have
been working to imple
ment a plan that would
attempt to systematically
rid the live bird market as
an insidious source of in
fection and re-infection.
We were getting very
close to the actual imple
mentation of an eradi
cation program late last
year. Then it was de
layed. It is now time to
move forward again. We
should not tarry. Please
have USDA encourage
the implementation of
this bio-security effort.
Thank you very much
for your assistance. I
enjoy the positive rela
tionship that exists be
tween USDA and the PA
Department of Agricul
ture. I greatly appreciate
all of USDA’s efforts.
Thank you, Ann.
With warm personal
regards, I remain
Sincerely,
SAMUEL E. HAYES,
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