MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s poultry industry and the Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries are part of a nationwide effort to respond to a possible outbreak of avian influenza, the largest animal health emergency in U.S. history.
As waterfowl from Canada migrate southward beginning this autumn, state and federal animal health officials will be on a heightened alert for a re-emergence of the disease.
State agriculture commissioners, secretaries and directors throughout the nation have forged a working alliance with the USDA to develop and implement a sound risk management and disaster assistance program based on flock plans and. . .