WASHINGTON, May 6, 2015 (click here) - The
United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly
pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza (HPAI) in additional 11 flocks in Iowa,
Missouri, Wisconsin and Minnesota. No human infections with the virus have been detected at this time. CDC considers the risk to people from these HPAI H5 infections in wild birds, backyard flocks and commercial poultry, to be low.
2nd detection in this county...
I know these farmers have been a reliable source of these animals, but, it is fairly obvious when they are decontaminating they are getting it exactly right. I know the USDA is capable of helping in a way that it will end these infection rates.
The USDA has to better supervise the decontamination at these farms. Thank you.
USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed HPAI H5N2 in the following counties and states:
The United States has the strongest AI surveillance program in the world. As
part of the existing USDA avian influenza response plans, Federal and
State partners as well as industry are responding quickly and decisively
to these outbreaks by following these five basic steps: 1) Quarantine –
restricting movement of poultry and poultry-moving equipment into and
out of the control area; 2) Eradicate - humanely...
Example of farmers in need of help by the federal government with their losses. There is no human exposure by the USDA with these outbreaks.
Wright County, Iowa (May 5, 2015)
1.03 million chickens
Cherokee County, Iowa (May 5, 2015)
100,000 turkeys 2nd detection in this county...
I know these farmers have been a reliable source of these animals, but, it is fairly obvious when they are decontaminating they are getting it exactly right. I know the USDA is capable of helping in a way that it will end these infection rates.
The USDA has to better supervise the decontamination at these farms. Thank you.
