USDA recently held a stakeholder roundtable with poultry industry leaders and state government officials to discuss the current and future HPAI strategy and opportunities for continued collaboration.
The guidance asks poultry owners to increase safety precautions and biosecurity practices, monitor their flocks for illness and report any sick or dead birds to the state veterinarian’s office.
Scientific experts discussed the latest spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza and African swine fever globally, as well as ways the feed and poultry industries can plug gaps now in their biosecurity programs.
The EIS will examine the potential environmental effects of the agency’s response activities to HPAI outbreaks in commercial and backyard poultry operations in the United States.