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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is hosting a discussion on economic impacts and bio-security measures related to HPAI mitigation and milk testing at 8 a.m. on Friday, June 28. This session, hosted by the Ag Business Development Center, aims to educate a wider audience on the economic and productivity effects, along with the necessary mitigation strategies. The link to join and call-in information is below.

Participants:
Dr. Alex Hamberg, PA State Veterinarian and Director of PDA’s Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services
Lisa Graybeal, Deputy Secretary
Jayne Sebright, Center for Dairy Excellence
Stephanie Shirk, Agriculture Business Development Center

Goals for the discussion include:

  • Provide data on HPAI in cattle in PA, hopefully we can remain negative through vigilance and biosecurity
  • Provide for a quicker response and less spread if HPAI does affect PA cattle so we can better protect our dairy herds and poultry farms
    • For every dairy with collocated poultry that has gone positive, the poultry also became infected
  • Provide a platform to engage concerned consumers and stakeholders with up-to-date data and reinforce that we are proactively addressing the situation
  • Reemphasize pasteurized milk and dairy products are safe and wholesome
  • Enable movement of lactating cattle to fairs and shows without additional testing
  • Allow for movement of lactating cattle to participating states without additional testing – (in progress)

Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 261 438 765 128

Passcode: bkGEQh

Dial in by phone

+1 267-332-8737,,333940393# United States, Philadelphia

Phone conference ID: 333 940 393#