TUCKER, Ga. — The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association’s 2023 Live Production, Welfare and Biosecurity Seminar provided attendees with perspectives on biosecurity and safeguarding flock health, particularly in the light of the ongoing threat presented by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Additional topics covered water sanitation, on-farm food safety testing, antimicrobial stewardship, biosecurity audits and more.
Continuing the HPAI theme, Joseph Churilla, wildlife biologist with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services, gave an update on the efforts being made to prevent flock infection. He explained that Wildlife Services works with airports in hazard mitigation. . .