Biosecurity

Download resources related to COVID-19 if you are a: -Farmer -Farmers market vendor -Food retail/food service -Agribusiness -Home consumer -and more!

This article offers an in-depth overview of HPAI, subtypes of HPAI, clinical signs of HPAI, how to protect your flocks from HPAI, and how to report the suspect HPAI infection in your flock.

This article offers information on diagnosing and monitoring highly pathogenic avian influenza HPAI, Maryland Department of Agriculture Guidelines for proper sample collection, surveillance of HPAI, and laboratory submission.

This article offers information on response to HPAI and designation of control area, permitting for poultry movement, which products require a permit to move, how to initiate a permit request, requirements to obtain a permit movement, and how the secure poultry supply (SPS) can help in the permitting process.

April 2022 Edition of the Commercial Poultry News: 1- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza! A Commercial and Backyard Danger; 2 - Taking Biosecurity Measures to Limit Topics: Your Legal Liability for the Spread of Avian Influenza; 4 - Avian Flu Could Threaten Eastern Shore Poultry Flocks; 5 - Understanding What An Easement by Necessity Is and When One Is Created; 7- Chicken Growers Make Good Neighbors by Raising Chickens, Planting Buffers, and Saving Bees; 8 - Coming Events!

Flies, beetles, and mites are often a major concern for commercial poultry operations in the northeastern United States.

 Migrant birds traverse across the United States two times a year; they travel from the North to South in the late summer through fall and back to the North in late winter through spring.

On December 9 in Denton, MD, Dr. Nathaniel Tablante, through his USDA-NIFA grant and Zoetis sponsorship, offered a day of talks with plenty of interaction with growers. The full video and each presenters’ presentation are linked here with great back-and-forth information to listen for!

Key Biosecurity Practices to continue to check and be diligent about

Oct 26, 2022  "Covering Poultry Legal Issues: Suspicious Vehicles and Drones" with Paul Goeringer, Senior Faculty Specialist and Extension Legal Specialist, Anthony 'Tony' Gorski, Attorney at Law in Annapolis, Wicomico County Sheriffs, John Alessandrini and Burley Williams.