Buyers and shipers need to read this

[Garden Peas]

If it's in the wild bird population, not much way to stop it. Like West Nile... it will spread across the country -- can't control the tweety birds

 

[enola]

I realize this. But, all poultry owners should do everything they can to keep this flu from spreading.

 

[casportpony]

From UC Davis:


-Kathy

 

[enola]

I can't read pdf's

 

[zazouse]

I can't read pdf's

CAHFS Update on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza – January 9, 2015 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has now been diagnosed in additional backyard flocks in the state of Washington and in wild waterfowl in California (a gadwall duck sampled in Butte County). Please refer to following CDFA website for updated information on this evolving situation: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/animal_health/avian_influenza.html Our CAHFS lab continues to assist the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) with testing both domestic and wildlife for Avian Influenza. As an official member lab of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, we are able to rapidly diagnose Avian Influenza as well as many other foreign animal diseases that threaten our livestock and poultry populations. Our winter months in California are considered “flu season” for Avian Influenza, and we now know that these viruses are circulating in our wild waterfowl species (geese, ducks, etc.). While these viruses usually do not cause disease in wild waterfowl, they are very likely to transmit the disease to domestic poultry primarily through fecal contamination. Please do all you can to protect your birds from exposure to wild waterfowl, routinely exercise biosecurity, and monitor your birds for signs of illness. All of our CAHFS labs provide free diagnostics of up to two birds from backyard flocks (chickens, turkeys, waterfowl and squab) of up to 1000 birds; including free testing for Avian Influenza. If you observe signs of illness or increased mortality in your flocks, please call your private veterinarian, the CDFA Sick Bird Hotline at 866‐922‐2473, or submit them to the nearest CAHFS lab. You may report diseased or dead wild waterfowl to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife at (916) 358‐2790. CAHFS Notice on December 24, 2014 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been diagnosed in a small backyard flock in Oregon and wild birds in Washington state. For up‐to‐date information on the outbreak and avian influenza in general please go to the California Department of Food & Agriculture’s AI information page at http://cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/Animal_Health/Avian_Influenza.html. Of importance are the following fact sheets: ∙ Biosecurity for backyard and pet birds, http://cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/Animal_Health/pdfs/AI/BiosecurityForBackyardAndPetBirdsOnly.pdf

 

[Garden Peas]

I can't read pdf's

you can download free adobe reader on the web.

 

[Garden Peas]

CAHFS Update on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza – January 9, 2015 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has now been diagnosed in additional backyard flocks in the state of Washington and in wild waterfowl in California (a gadwall duck sampled in Butte County). Please refer to following CDFA website for updated information on this evolving situation: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/animal_health/avian_influenza.html Our CAHFS lab continues to assist the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) with testing both domestic and wildlife for Avian Influenza. As an official member lab of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, we are able to rapidly diagnose Avian Influenza as well as many other foreign animal diseases that threaten our livestock and poultry populations. Our winter months in California are considered “flu season” for Avian Influenza, and we now know that these viruses are circulating in our wild waterfowl species (geese, ducks, etc.). While these viruses usually do not cause disease in wild waterfowl, they are very likely to transmit the disease to domestic poultry primarily through fecal contamination. Please do all you can to protect your birds from exposure to wild waterfowl, routinely exercise biosecurity, and monitor your birds for signs of illness. All of our CAHFS labs provide free diagnostics of up to two birds from backyard flocks (chickens, turkeys, waterfowl and squab) of up to 1000 birds; including free testing for Avian Influenza. If you observe signs of illness or increased mortality in your flocks, please call your private veterinarian, the CDFA Sick Bird Hotline at 866‐922‐2473, or submit them to the nearest CAHFS lab. You may report diseased or dead wild waterfowl to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife at (916) 358‐2790. CAHFS Notice on December 24, 2014 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been diagnosed in a small backyard flock in Oregon and wild birds in Washington state. For up‐to‐date information on the outbreak and avian influenza in general please go to the California Department of Food & Agriculture’s AI information page at http://cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/Animal_Health/Avian_Influenza.html. Of importance are the following fact sheets: ∙ Biosecurity for backyard and pet birds, http://cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/Animal_Health/pdfs/AI/BiosecurityForBackyardAndPetBirdsOnly.pdf

And one more reason NOT to keep peas with ducks and duck ponds.... (Remember just a couple months ago we were talking about peas & ducks and whether they should be kept together?)

 

[enola]

My only access is on my phone.


Thank you Zaz, I really appreciate it!

 

[Garden Peas]

My only access is on my phone.


Thank you Zaz, I really appreciate it!

If you have an android phone, there's an adobe reader app. I read .pdf files on my phone all the time. I dunno about those apple people, but I assume there's one for those iphone thingies also.

 

[casportpony]

Sigh, eight Canadian geese flew in this morning.

-Kathy