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h2oratt said:
Copied from another farm group in So Cali
As most people with chickens in the high desert know, an outbreak Virulent Newcastle’s Disease (vND) is currently affecting 4 counties in Southern California; San Bernardino, Riverside, Los Angeles, and Ventura. As of today, we have our first positive test for vND in Hesperia. With the government shut down, a lot of information is not readily available yet, but any information gathered will immediately be passed onto you on this site.
This strain of vND is especially hot, causing a 90% mortality. The remaining 10% may not die, but they continue to shed active virus, which will infect other birds. vND is not a virus normally found in the US, but is always brought in, either by a bird or by a human that has had contact with active virus. It is only by quarantine and control that the virus can be eradicated in our local flocks. There are vaccines for Newcastle Disease, BUT there are several different strains, and the virulent strain has no vaccine or treatment.
During an outbreak, vaccinating birds will not be helpful. Vaccinated birds will still have a 60% mortality, but will leave the remaining 40% to continue shedding the virus. A vaccinated bird will not show positive for the active virus, and the labs can tell which strain is in the bird, i.e vaccine or the live strain. This is not helpful to the bird or owner, because again, the live virus will continue to be shed. The incubation time for the chicken from contact with the virus to dying is 2-5 days.
There are currently two commercial operations affected by the virus in this outbreak. The CDA is monitoring 43 additional commercial flocks in Southern California, including several in the High Desert, and so far they have continued to be disease free.
The first cases were discovered May 13, 2018, in Los Angeles County, when a chicken owner took 4 birds to the vet because they were very ill. Despite the vet’s best efforts, the birds died, and were confirmed to have vND.
Shortly thereafter, several other instances were discovered in San Bernardino and Riverside County. Ventura County is an outlier with only one property affected, because a bird owner moved 5 roosters to a location in Santa Paula when he received the notification from the CDA that they would be inspecting his flock the next day. The property in Santa Paula was discovered when the property owner called about some dead birds. Ultimately 4,700 roosters on that property had to be euthanized.
Control areas are established by locating a diseased bird, then a 3-kilometer perimeter is established. All properties within that perimeter are then inspected. These are legal quarantines, meaning that a fine of $25,000 per bird are issued if the property owner moves a bird prior to the lifting of the quarantine. To date, over 110,000 homes have been contacted regarding the outbreak within the control areas.
The current cities with quarantine/control areas are: Fontana, Muscoy, Bloomington, Mira Loma, Compton, El Monte, Chino, Highland, Mentone, Santa Paula, and Hesperia. As of November 15, 2018, there are 189 confirmed properties that have tested positive for vND. On those properties, over 50,000 birds have so far been euthanized. The reason the control areas have been marked a red zone, causing all birds to be confiscated and euthanized, is that flock owners continue to move birds, spreading the disease.
The virus remains viable for up to 120 days without a host. This means that the soil, equipment, clothing, etc. can still transfer the virus unless it is sanitized. Heat will kill the virus more quickly if there is no host (chicken) present. There have been instances of humans contracting the virus, but the symptoms are conjunctivitis, (Pink Eye) or flu like symptoms. It is not fatal to humans, and is not transmitted from human to human. Only contact with the live virus will transmit the disease. Live virus is present in feces, blood, saliva, feather dander or any other bodily fluid.
We must remain vigilant in our biosecurity. Sanitize everything that you bring onto your property regarding your birds. Feed sacks, new equipment, or tools should be wiped down as you unload them from your car, shoes should be sprayed with Lysol every time you return home. Tools and equipment should be cleaned and sanitized regularly. Visitors to your property should be minimized, but they should also spray their shoes. Reduce the rodent population, and take up feed each evening. Wild birds can transmit the virus, so allowing them access to your chicken yard is not advised. If you bring new birds into your flock, it is advisable to keep them separated for 2-4 weeks. While vND has a super fast incubation time of 2-5 days, other diseases may take a bit longer to manifest.
If you have an idea or routine that has been effective in the biosecurity of your flock, PLEASE share it so that we can keep our birds safe as well. It is only when we all work together that we keep our flocks safe from disease, be it this outbreak, or a variety of other diseases.
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Wild birds can carry it...that's bad!
 
OHH Guess what I got today ?
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about a 5 I guess or between 4-5 My french copper maren !
 
Bamabexchicks said:
We are talking about adding a new coop, hubs idea! He loves building stuff. We have a nice area picked out, and I was considering Marans for those beautiful eggs!
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Thats cool ! I have 2. the FBC is the one that laid and is younger then the cuckoo in the serama coop who is growing bigger but no eggs yet.
 

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