... UMN expert: Transparency, communication keys to mitigating the risks of HPAI
Dec 07, 2022Jennifer Grullon
The US has a long history of effective disease control and has eradicated or remained free of many pests and agents even as they remain endemic in other parts of the world, said Carol Cardona, DVM,...
... UMN training program focuses on poultry company decision-making, during AI outbreaks
Nov 30, 2022Jennifer Grullon
The University of Minnesota offers a training program to help poultry companies understand and prepare for avian influenza outbreaks.
... SFS program helping to identify best practices for HPAI risk assessments
Nov 30, 2022Jennifer Grullon
The University of Minnesota’s Secure Food Systems team develops and publishes science-based risk assessments for the movement of poultry products from monitored (uninfected) premises in control...
... HPAI pushes holiday turkey prices to record highs
Nov 15, 2022Jennifer Grullon
The widespread outbreak of Highly Avian Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) across the US is expected to push up the cost of turkeys to record highs this holiday season. What does CoBank say about the...
... HPAI prevention requires ‘buckle-up’ mentality to biosecurity
Oct 06, 2022Jennifer Grullon
The only option for poultry farms to prevent an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is 100% adherence to biosecurity rules.
... Avian flu likely to re-emerge and threaten US poultry flocks this fall
Sep 15, 2022Jennifer Grullon
US egg and turkey supplies took a hit from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) this spring as the wild-bird migration exposed domestic flocks to the virus.
... Avian flu strain behind recent outbreaks related but not identical to 2014-15 strain
Jun 02, 2022Jennifer Grullon
The US poultry industry is on high alert following reports of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in both wild birds and commercial flocks in poultry-dense regions of the US market.
... With avian flu outbreaks, even the Easter bunny is hunting for eggs
Apr 07, 2022Jennifer Grullon
The US egg supply is under pressure, first from the impact of Covid-19 and now due to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
... Lockdown mode urged with avian flu outbreaks in Mississippi and Central Flyways
Mar 17, 2022Jennifer Grullon
A warning to tighten up biosecurity and reduce movement in and out of poultry houses was issued by Terry Conger, DVM, poultry health epidemiologist with USDA’s APHIS.
... Highly pathogenic avian influenza found in Indiana commercial turkey flock
Feb 09, 2022Jennifer Grullon
USDA's APHIS has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a commercial turkey flock in Dubois County, IN, the first confirmed case in commercial poultry in the US since 2020.
... Lessons from the Midwest’s 2015 avian flu outbreak
Jun 24, 2021Jennifer Grullon
The 2015 outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Minnesota was the worst the US has ever seen. What has the poultry industry learned from this and other outbreaks?
... Import restrictions enforced after avian flu outbreaks in Africa
Mar 15, 2018Jennifer Grullon
Live chicken imports have been restricted in Zambia has part of the government’s efforts to limit the resurgence of a highly pathogenic form of avian influenza (HPAI).
... Avian flu back in spotlight with new cases in Indiana
Jan 18, 2016Jennifer Grullon
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of H7N8 avian influenza in nine flocks in southwestern Indiana — the first in the US since June 2015.
... Breaches in biosecurity: Sanderson Farms vet shares three valuable lessons
Nov 05, 2015Jennifer Grullon
By Philip A. Stayer, DVM
Corporate Veterinarian, Sanderson Farms, Inc.
... Eight ways to protect your farm from avian flu this fall
Aug 25, 2015Jennifer Grullon
To prepare for the avian flu this fall, the National Chicken Council (NCC) has identified eight biosecurity principles for broiler and broiler-breeder producers.
... Isolates implicate humans in rapid spread of HPAI
Jul 28, 2015Jennifer Grullon
A recent analysis of the viral isolates from all outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in North America points to humans and farm equipment as the leading carriers of the disease from...
