Search
 

Hot Issues

Email Us

Privacy Statement
EEO Statement
USDA | MRP

Return to Home Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emergency Management Warning 1

Exotic Newcastle Disease (END) Confirmed in a Backyard Flock in the State of Nevada


END has been confirmed in a backyard flock in Las Vegas, NV. The State has already instituted a quarantine of all of Clark County and portions of Nye County. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the State of Nevada have begun surveillance efforts of the backyard bird population and have begun efforts to establish a Task Force in Nevada. The affected backyard flock will be depopulated. There are no commercial flocks in Nevada.

Subsequent Emergency Management Warnings regarding this Nevada situation will be included in the daily Emergency Management Warnings updating the California END situation.

Please forward this information to your Federal, State, and industry counterparts as necessary.

Definitions

Emergency Management Issue is for information with no impact on APHIS
Emergency Management Notice is an ongoing incident with potential impact on APHIS
Emergency Management Warning is an ongoing incident with almost certain impact on APHIS

  Photo of chickens behind a wire fence.
For More Information

California END Hotline 800-491-1899

To contact APHIS Veterinary Services' Emergency Program Staff, call 301-734-8073, 800-940-6524 or email emoc@usda.gov

California Department of Food and Agriculture