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Idaho agriculture officials describe targeted approach to high-path avian influenza in dairy cattle and poultry
Summary
State agriculture director and state veterinarian told a House committee Idaho has focused movement restrictions and quarantines on lactating cattle and affected poultry facilities while testing milk to limit spread and protect producers' livelihoods.
Chanel Tewalt, director of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, and Dr. Scott Lively, state veterinarian and administrator of the Division of Animal Industries, briefed the House Agriculture Affairs Committee on state actions and ongoing monitoring for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
Tewalt said Idaho moved early to restrict movement from affected states and to prioritize farm-level biosecurity. "We're here today for what is either a quick or an exhaust review ... and we're gonna cover high path avian influenza primarily as it relates to dairy cattle," she told the committee. She said Idaho was among the first jurisdictions to restrict cattle movement from states with unexplained cattle illness and to warn producers that cattle-to-cattle transmission was possible.
The briefing emphasized that Idaho has focused restrictions where the agency sees direct benefit. "We know that the disease is primarily existing in the milk," Dr. Lively told the committee,…
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