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Michigan issues Extraordinary Emergency HPAI Risk Reduction Response Order
The state of Michigan has issued an emergency order to reduce the risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza on dairy and poultry operations.
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director Tim Boring says the order requires all commercial dairy and poultry farms to strengthen biosecurity measures including cleaning, disinfecting, and logging all vehicles and individuals moving on and off-site.
“We have a greater number of impacted dairies than any other state besides Texas that have tested positive.” “We’ve had significant hits to our poultry operations here in the state and it makes us a little bit unique.”
Lactating dairy cows and poultry are also prohibited from being exhibited until officials lift the ban.
He tells Brownfield, “Dairy producers want to be implementing practices to reduce the spread of this virus.” “This is really some helpful guidance I believe of helping put those sorts of things into place for the protection of all of our livestock industry,” he says.
Six Michigan dairy farms have been confirmed with the virus, and the state has had more birds impacted by the outbreak than any other in the U.S. this year.
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reports six commercial flocks in Michigan have detected the virus and nearly seven million birds have been depopulated.
The Extraordinary Emergency HPAI Risk Reduction Response Order goes into effect May 8.
AUDIO: Tim Boring, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
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