An Assessment of the Risk Associated with the Movement Turkeys to Market Into, Within, and Out of a Control Area During a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreak in the United States
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Date
2018
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University of Minnesota Center for Secure Food Systems
Abstract
In the event of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak in the United States, poultry
industry, local, state, and federal authorities will implement a foreign animal disease emergency
response. In these circumstances, permit requests to move poultry and poultry products must be
supported by risk assessments which demonstrate that the risk of HPAI spread associated with
the movement is acceptable. Performing the risk assessments prior to an HPAI outbreak can
enhance emergency response and facilitate timely movement permitting decisions during an
outbreak. This document assesses the risk that the movement of market-age turkeys to processing
(i.e., turkeys to market), during an HPAI outbreak, from a premises located within the Control
Area, will result in HPAI virus spread to a virus-free commercial poultry population (e.g.,
another poultry farm or birds remaining on a multi-age premises). The purpose of this
assessment is to provide regulators with an objective and defensible method of assessing the
disease risk associated with the movement of live turkeys (for meat) to slaughter.
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Keywords
Avian influenza, Continuity of business, HPAI, Market, Outbreak, Risk, Turkey
Citation
Cardona, C., Alexander, C., Bergeron, J., Bonney, P., Culhane, M., Goldsmith, T., ... & Umber, J. (2018). An Assessment of the Risk Associated with the Movement of Turkeys to Market Into, Within, and Out of a Control Area during a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreak in the United States.