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update:Jun 2, 2008
USDA amends quarantine rules for Exotic Newcastle Disease
The US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a final rule that changes the
exotic Newcastle disease (END) domestic quarantine
regulations.
These changes include harmonising foreign and domestic regulations
regarding the movement of dressed carcasses of dead birds and dead poultry;
adding restrictions on the interstate movement of ratites out of quarantined
areas; adding an option for the movement of pet birds; providing for the use of
alternative procedures for treating manure and litter for composting; and adding
an additional surveillance period prior to removing quarantine
restrictions.
APHIS has determined that these changes are necessary based on experiences
during the eradication programmes for the outbreaks of END in California,
Arizona, Nevada and Texas in 2002 and 2003. This final rule will help ensure
that if an END outbreak occurs again, the disease can be eradicated within
future quarantine areas and disease spread can be prevented.
APHIS says that END is a highly contagious and fatal viral disease that
affects all species of birds, affecting the respiratory, nervous and digestive
systems of birds, and many birds die before demonstrating any clinical signs of
the disease.
Editor WorldPoultry
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