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Delmarva chicken farmers warn House committee of high-path avian influenza threat
Summary
Delmarva poultry producers told the House Environment and Transportation Committee on Jan. 28 that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) remains the top immediate threat to operations and described extensive on-farm biosecurity measures and industry impacts.
Mary Lou Brown, president of the Delmarva Chicken Association and owner-operator of Maple Breeze Farm, told the House Environment and Transportation Committee on Jan. 28 that highly pathogenic avian influenza is the greatest concern facing Delmarva poultry growers.
Brown, who said her operation runs six commercial chicken houses that produce more than 600,000 broilers a year, described daily biosecurity routines and the difficulty of keeping the virus off farms. "It's scary. Me personally, I'm scared to death what I will see when I walk into that chicken house," she told…
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