Post by maryellen on Jan 18, 2019 21:02:09 GMT -5
Folks, the outbreak of virulent Newcastle disease in southern California is still spreading. There have now been 299 confirmed cases, and 3 of those were in commercial poultry facilities. There are extensive quarantine zones now in southern CA, and 4 neighborhoods have mandatory euthanasia of all poultry.
And it's still spreading. Someone moved birds FROM the quarantined area, out of CA, all the way to Utah. And the took Newcastle disease with them. It's now been confirmed in Utah, in birds just moved from CA.
There's an article summarizing much of it here - plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/?p=17010&fbclid=IwAR1slrBqvR-z1POgsm6_3WG6Fj5kxYygj2hnpb4JSSx3bVyoM9ontCfYe4g
Info from the USDA is here - www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/stakeholder-info/sa_by_date/2019/january/vnd-utah
And info from the CA Dept of Food and Ag is here - www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/Animal_Health/Newcastle_Disease_Info.html
PLEASE do not buy birds, chicks, or hatching eggs from anywhere in the Riverside or Los Angeles area. Birds can be infected and contagious well before they show any symptoms.
And it's still spreading. Someone moved birds FROM the quarantined area, out of CA, all the way to Utah. And the took Newcastle disease with them. It's now been confirmed in Utah, in birds just moved from CA.
There's an article summarizing much of it here - plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/?p=17010&fbclid=IwAR1slrBqvR-z1POgsm6_3WG6Fj5kxYygj2hnpb4JSSx3bVyoM9ontCfYe4g
Info from the USDA is here - www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/stakeholder-info/sa_by_date/2019/january/vnd-utah
And info from the CA Dept of Food and Ag is here - www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/Animal_Health/Newcastle_Disease_Info.html
PLEASE do not buy birds, chicks, or hatching eggs from anywhere in the Riverside or Los Angeles area. Birds can be infected and contagious well before they show any symptoms.
