Re: Bird flu + preparedness + Anthrax

Janet Baraclough wrote:
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"Ann" <nntpmail@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message


I really don't see the USDA going
around killing small flocks of chickens. Chickens aren't like cattle,
where a calf born one place may be raised another, and slaughtered in yet
another. The only place I think of where chickens co-mingle is something
like a farm show or county fair.


But it's not just co-mingling at shows or fairs that causes the spread of
the disease. If the chooks are free ranged then they have potential contact
with wildfowl which can spread the disease.


It isn't only spread bird to bird. The virus is very easily
transmitted on wheels, boots, clothes etc (just like Foot and Mouth) .
It doesn't have to go direct bird to bird. So, if a large number of
wildbirds become infected, shedding virus onto the ground, vehicles etc
it will be very hard to keep infection out of containment sheds. Flock
owners might have to live with the very time-consuming and restrictive
personal biosecurity processes we used during FMD.

Janet

When I first moved to this part of the USA in 1983 there was an outbreak
of avian influenza with a high mortality rate among turkeys and chickens.
Poultry producers instituted strict measures to reduce infection including
shower-in/shower-out of the houses, disinfectant spray on the wheels of
feed trucks as they arrived and departed, and similar treatment of their
family vehicles and feet on going off and on the farm. Flocks which were
infected were destroyed. It took 2 years to bring the outbreak under
control. Garbage flies were found to have a high viral load in infected
flocks.

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