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All public sales, shows and exhibitions of live poultry in the state have been prohibited by Dr. Richard Wilkes of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The action was announced Monday, July 9, and will remain in place until July 30.
In addition, Wilkes announced bans on land application of poultry litter, manure, and bedding in a 17county region that includes Culpeper, Orange, Madison, and Rappahannock. Nor can those refuse materials be moved from the farm of origin during the prohibition period.
The other counties are Albemarle, Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Clarke, Frederick, Green, Highland, Page, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Warren.
Wilkes, who is the state veterinarian, ordered the prohibition after the discovery of antibodies for avian flu during routine pre-slaughter testing on a flock of turkeys in Shenandoah County. The order will allow for the completion of initial surveillance to determine if poultry flocks in the Commonwealth are at an increased risk of H5 or H7 types of avian flu. The order could be extended, he said.
While avian influenza is not harmful to humans, people can spread it on their shoes, with their vehicles or through movement of litter. An infected chicken, turkey, game bird, or waterfowl at an event could infect other birds, which would then carry the disease back to their points of origin.
The Shenandoah County turkeys were tested on July 6. The presence of suspicious antibodies prompted state officials to send samples to the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa. NVSL conducted tests last weekend and confirmed the presence of H5 avian
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