[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Poultry industry gears up for possible avian flu resurgence as fall approaches[/title][fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]Monday, July 27th 2015
Avian influenza continues to dominate the attention of the poultry industry. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will give the opening remarks at a two-day industry meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, this week. The sessions will delve into the details of this spring’s outbreak and into what lessons can be learned about biosecurity and other issues. A House Agriculture subcommittee will cover some of the same ground at a hearing Thursday that will focus on the state and federal response to the outbreak. USDA’s chief veterinary office, John Clifford, and Minnesota’s state veterinarian are expected to testify. The industry is bracing for a second outbreak this fall – USDA is gearing up for a worst-case scenario of as many as 500 incidents – and is split over whether birds should be inoculated against the virus even if a vaccine is available by then. Use of the vaccine could have trade implications.
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