Tuesday, February 11, 2025

NTF proposes animal disease defense plan

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WASHINGTON — National Turkey Federation Chairman Carl Wittenburg has called for protection of the nation's nearly $441 billion investment in poultry and livestock by requiring a forward-looking, mandatory Animal Pest and Disease Prevention Program and Foot and Mouth Vaccine Bank designed to limit the impacts of foreign diseases on American livestock and poultry producers.

In testimony before the House Agriculture Livestock Subcommittee on March 21, Wittenburg, a North Dakota turkey farmer, warned that the recent outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) among chickens illustrates the risk that must be addressed.

"As partners in the Animal Ag Coalition, which. . .

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