NPIP will also be looking for avian flu in coming years, like european outbreak..if your flock is vaccinated they cannot be destroyed in an outbreak..there is a cert that laminate and post on barn tell them flock is protected..the avin flu could potentially be one of the deadliest pandemics to ever emerge much like 1918 flu killed millions.more than anything, that is why they monitor..disease that could wipe out poultry indusrty, and or since chickens and pigs are mixing bowls for deadly human virus, most emerge in asian countries due to close living quarters with poultry human and pig..a harmless chicken flu enters pig, mixes DNA coat with pig virus, emerges as deadly human virus..but there are lot of reasons they monitor..but those stand out..like in mad cow outbreak, they came in no questions asked , destroyed herds..trust me , you wouldnt want to eat one of those cows, a prion disease cannot be cooked out of meat..a prion is a molecule that defys heating and freezing and it lives in brain and spinal fluids, the human equivilant is crutzfeld jacobs pronounced yacobs disease from consuming animals affected..there is also an equivilant chronic wasting disease in elk herds they are watching, will that prion enter cattle out west has it already??
NPIP is a little slow to act on things I think, or recomend, so you have to be proactive..watch whats going on and take care of your own..how long ago was avian outbreak in canada? way to slow to just now react..I have a hard time understanding why there isnt a killed vaccine, maybe a simple one like newcastles water drop in mouth, I do like that NPIP is free, I dont think they are smart enough or organized enough to be an on purpose problem to people, they are as clumsey as any government agency. nice and official looking but ineffective..I am dissapointed at how they re slow to recomend or use preempitve vaccines against avian flu..but it takes them that long just to have a meeting about the issue. I call them quite regularly, and say chop chop (chinese for whats taking so long) lets recomend something on the avian flu befor it makes an appearance.