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Don't wait! Early detection can make a difference. If your birds are sick or dying, call USDA's Veterinary Services toll free at 1-866-536-7593, or your State Veterinarian or local extension agent to find out why. Report Sick Or Dead Wild Birds
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Tổng Quan Worldwide, there are many strains of avian influenza virus that can be spread by migratory fowl. These viruses can cause varying degrees of illness in poultry. The spread of a highly pathogenic avian H5N1 virus across eastern Asia and into Europe and Africa represents a significant threat, with health professionals concerned about a potential human pandemic. This virus has passed from infected poultry to humans and other mammals, and has had devastating impacts on poultry farming in several nations.
Interagency Screening Plan Interagency Screening Plan: An Early Detection System for Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza in Wild Migratory Birds The interagency strategic plan, developed by wildlife disease biologists, veterinarians and epidemiologists, provides a unified national system for conducting H5N1 HPAI monitoring of wild migratory birds throughout the United States. The plan serves as a guide to all federal, state, university and non-governmental organizations involved in avian influenza monitoring by providing standard procedures and strategies for data sampling, diagnostics, and management. đầu trang
Bảo Vệ Gia Cầm
Learn basic facts about avian influenza.
Học cách ngừa bệnh cúm gia cầm cho đàn gia cầm của quý vị.
Sets out some practices for people to help reduce the risk of disease in animals and humans.- (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
- Poster with information on security issues surrounding bird smuggling.
- Avian Influenza: Protecting U.S. Agriculture Brochure (PDF - 346.15 KB) (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
- Brochure with information on regulations associated with importing birds and bird products into the U.S.
Discover 6 steps you can take to prevent disease in poultry.- (En Español)
Provides information about disinfectants that are available to help prevent the spread of avian (bird) flu.
The temporary ban, effective February 25, 2006, is on the importation of poultry and commercial shipments of live birds, hatching eggs and unprocessed avian products from the French state of Ain. Includes list of other countries banned from shipping poultry to the U.S.
Read about the threat Avian Influenza poses to U.S. poultry.
Access a list of resources on avian influenza.
Find information that governments can use to protect their countries from outbreaks of this disease.
Learn how to safeguard public health while containing the spread of avian influenza.
Discover which countries are prohibited from exporting birds and bird products to the United States.
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Protecting People Exposed to Animals - Personal Protective Equipment and Risk for Avian Influenza (H7N3)
Read a study on how the correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by persons managing avian influenza outbreaks may reduce exposure to potentially hazardous infected poultry materials.
Discover how employers can provide a safe environment for their poultry workers.
Read how to protect people involved in activities that could result in exposure to avian influenza, such as culling operations, carcass disposal, and cleaning and disinfection of premises.
Learn how employers can protect workers who might expose them to avian flu can protect themselves from infection.
Sets out some practices for people to help reduce the risk of disease in animals and humans.
This document outlines critical factors in the avian influenza disposal process and includes a variety of both on- and off-site disposal/treatment options, information on cleaning and disinfecting disposal equipment, guidance on transporting infected materials for disposal, and contact information for local and state environmental, agricultural, health, and emergency response organizations.
Gives advice for the general public, hunters, and field biologists.- What Hunters Should Know About Avian Influenza
Learn about the safe preparation and cooking of game animals and the susceptibility of other animals to avian influenza.
Read a fact sheet prepared for hunters by the State of Washington.
Read about the H5N1 virus infection that have been reported in domestic cats in Germany and Austria and also the detection of H5N1 infection in a stone marten in Germany.
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Protecting Pets
Provides information for the general public and veterinarians about the risk of cats contracting H5N1 virus and the role of cats in the spread of avian influenza H5N1.
News story from WHO on the domestic cat in Germany that died from avian flu. Includes discussion of cat-to-cat transmission of avian flu, and the probable source of infection in cats.
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Monitoring
Find information on monitoring of wild migratory birds by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Includes reports of outbreaks in other countries.- [PDF en Español - 228KB]
Describes two types of bird flu and how the USDA is working with agencies nationally and internationally to watch for bird flu.
This fact sheets provides definitions, a historical perspective and activities by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of the Interior to detect the HPAI H5N1 virus in wild migratory birds.
Read the latest official reports on test results for avian influenza, arranged by country, followed by virus type, and then by date.
View a graph of avian influenza outbreaks in poultry by country from the end of 2003 to the present.
Timeline of H5N1 infection in poultry and wildlife.
View world regional maps showing outbreaks of avian influenza.
Find out how the affected country's production and trade in the livestock and livestock products is likely to be affected by the disease.
View a web site showing current information about wild bird sampling for early detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the United States.
Database contains data collected from live wild birds, hunter-killed birds, sentinel species, morbidity and mortality events, and environmental sampling. It can generate reports, graphs and maps, and spatial modeling can be used.
Researchers note that wood ducks and laughing gulls, which are susceptible to H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses, may serve as good indicators in H5N1 monitoring programs.
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