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Emergency Management Warning 36:
Exotic Newcastle Disease Confirmed in the United States
All information in the following Notice marked with an asterisk (*)
identifies changes since the last Notice was sent out.
Exotic
Newcastle disease (END) was confirmed on October 1, 2002, in the State of
California, and has now spread beyond backyard flocks to affect seven
commercial operations in California. On January 16, 2003, END was also
confirmed in a backyard flock in the State of Nevada. An additional
backyard flock was confirmed with END on February 4, 2003, in the State of
Arizona. Clinical signs in infected birds include respiratory, nervous,
and gastrointestinal signs. Mortality is up to 90% of exposed birds.
Investigations are on-going and all figures are pending final validation.
Veterinary Services is working rapidly to expand staff on the Task Force
in the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada and is exploring all
options to send Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
personnel, other federal government personnel, and is working with the
States to consider additional resources to meet the labor demand. APHIS is
continuing to develop a plan for national END surveillance. This plan will
enhance the already extensive surveillance underway in Arizona,
California, and Nevada.
* Arizona Situation (as of 5:00 p.m. PST, February 5, 2003)
END has been confirmed in a backyard flock in La Paz County, AZ. APHIS
is currently developing a federal quarantine for the affected area in
Arizona. APHIS and the State of Arizona have begun surveillance efforts of
the backyard bird population and have established a Task Force in
Arizona.
Number of premises positive: 1 (no change from 2/5
report)
* Number of contact premises: 3 (up 2 from 2/5
report)
Number of premises released: 0 (no change from 2/5
report)
Number of premises depopulated: 1
* Premises waiting
to be depopulated: 3
Birds depopulated to date: 50
Counties
with positive flocks: La Paz
* Nevada Situation (as of 5:00 p.m. PST, February 5, 2003)
END has been confirmed in a backyard flock in Las Vegas, NV. Federal
and State quarantines have been established for all of Clark County and a
portion of Nye County, NV. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has also
declared an extraordinary emergency. APHIS and the State of Nevada have
begun surveillance efforts of the backyard bird population and have
established a Task Force in Nevada.
Number of premises positive: 7
(no change from 2/5 report)
Number of contact premises: 90 (no
change from 2/5 report)
Number of premises released: 0 (no change
from 2/5 report)
Number of premises depopulated: 96
Premises
waiting to be depopulated: 1
Birds depopulated to date:
1,670
Counties with positive flocks: Clark
* California Situation (as of 5:00 p.m. PST, February 5,
2003)
Officials with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
and APHIS continue to work closely on efforts to control the END outbreak
in Southern California. USDA has instituted a federal quarantine zone that
serves as a buffer around the END-affected area in Southern California.
The department has also declared an extraordinary emergency to provide
additional resources and authorities to the eradication campaign for END
in Southern California.
* Number of premises positive: 502 (up 10
from 2/5 report)
* Number of contact premises: 1,055 (up 9 from 2/5
report)
Number of premises released: 11 (no change from 2/5
report)
* Number of premises depopulated: 1,411
* Premises
waiting to be depopulated: 157
* Birds depopulated to date:
1,890,171
Counties with positive flocks: Los Angeles, Orange,
Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and
Ventura.
Operational Update
• Effective
January 7, 2003, APHIS imposed a federal quarantine that regulates the
interstate movement of all species of birds and poultry products from
Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa
Barbara, and Ventura Counties, CA.
• Effective January 17, 2003,
APHIS imposed a federal quarantine that regulates the interstate movement
of all species of birds and poultry products from Clark and a portion of
Nye County, NV.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has
declared an extraordinary emergency for the States of California and
Nevada. These declarations allow USDA to apply federal authority within
California and Nevada.
* • Of the 1,669 premises designated for
depopulation, 90.4% have been completed.
• Task Force personnel are
conducting a door-to-door campaign to identify affected premises.
Epidemiological investigations are ongoing. Entities that sell birds
continue to be monitored in affected areas. If a flock tests positive,
officials will quarantine the premises immediately and order the
destruction of the flock as soon as it is logistically possible
•
Veterinary officials from Mexico are observing Task Force surveillance,
depopulation, and cleaning and disinfection operations in California,
Nevada, and Arizona through the end of this week.
• APHIS is
developing a plan for national END surveillance. This plan will enhance
the already extensive surveillance underway in California and Nevada.
Currently, an Incident Command Post is being established in
Arizona.
Outreach Activities
* • Task Force
information personnel coordinated a joint press release with an Indian
Tribe to announce the newly designated infected backyard premises in
Arizona. Since the announcement earlier this week, the information staff
has received over 20 media calls related to the newly designated infected
premises in the State.
* • This week, Task Force information
personnel edited a news article related to END for the Colorado veterinary
publication.
• Presently, the public information staff has nine
public meetings scheduled between now and March 10th. This is exclusive of
meetings scheduled with bird clubs and other industry
associations.
• Task Force public information personnel have
reviewed all publications currently used by field crews and are in the
process of revising these documents to make them more reader-friendly.
Task Force information personnel are designing and preparing for
distribution a door-hanger/information envelope for use by field crews at
individual residences in affected areas.
• PowerPoint presentations
designed to help inform the public about END have been revised and
distributed to all Incident Command Posts (ICPs).
• On a daily
basis, Task Force public information personnel are communicating
information concerning surveillance, depopulation, and cleaning and
disinfection operations to all affected city managers in Southern
California.
• Currently, Task Force information personnel field
approximately 450 calls per week from the public. This is a twenty-fold
increase from the number of calls from early October 2002. In Area Command
alone, Task Force public information personnel handle an average of 50
media calls per week.
• The Task Force's public information staff,
in cooperation with LPA in Riverdale, is preparing two new documents for
distribution: the revised END brochure (which has been updated to include
new information and photographs) and the END pest alert fact sheet.
Delivery is anticipated within the next three weeks.
• The Task
Force information staff provides daily updates to approximately 35 media
outlets in
California.
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. |
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