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UPDATE: Bird flu strategies, vaccines and export assurances sought with new Ag Secretary

By David B. Strickland - Poultry Times Editor dstrickland@poultrytimes.com

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*Updated with additional comments, Feb. 20*

WASHINGTON — Shortly following the announcement of Brooke Rollins being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, congressional members and industry groups reached out to her office expressing concerns about poultry exports, vaccines, and strategies to deal with the current situation with highly pathogenic avian influenza.

The co-chairs of the U.S. Senate and Congressional “Chicken Caucuses” sent a letter to Rollins’ office at USDA on Feb. 13 which seeks some assurances about the protection of U.S. poultry exports. An additional congressional letter was sent on Feb 18. . .

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