Fighting stations for the bird for the bird

In winter, Cartanza constantly strengthens his approach with all hands on the biosecurity bridge in person and through web page.

“A drop of wild birds contains sufficient virus to infect 1 million birds,” the cartany warned in a informative sheet. “We cannot control where the wild birds defecates, but we can take measures to prevent this virus from entering the houses.”

Wild birds were considered asymptomatic carriers until this season, when they started to fall from heaven or failed to take off with their flocks. University of Delaware Allen Lab In Newark he tested the sick and death geese.

On December 27, the first positive presumptive result of the H5N1 avian flu in the sick and death snow geese was reported in delaware. The Department of Agriculture in Delaware announced the results on December 31 and alerted the bird cultivators to take caution measures.

The announcement was a harbinger of more serious periods before. On January 3, a test from a poultry farm in Kent County produced a positive result and soon followed a second farm. As a result, Cartanza reluctantly called for the cancellation of three educational bird sessions, an opportunity to reach hundreds of family farmers scheduled for annual January Delaware Agriculture Week.

The cancellation drew the attention of the media. Cartanza transmitted the message of biosecurity over the aerial waves. Positive tests have increased.

Cartanza’s instincts were in place. From January to February, nine commercial trade farms in Delmarva tested positive for the avian flu. Cartanza’s farm was one of them.

Ground Zero for testing

In the Court Bird Industry, when the bird flu is not present, a scientific sample of commercial birds is selected from each flock and shaken in a farm by a representative of one of the five poultry companies, known as integrators.

“The samples are sent to a single tube and taken to our test laboratory,” said Kim Isaacs, UD’s manager Lasher laboratory Located in Georgetown. “Birds cannot leave the farm for processing without giving this complete test.”