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Emergency Management Warning 80:

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 22 commercial operations in California. On January 16, 2003, END was also confirmed in a backyard flock in the State of Nevada. A backyard flock was confirmed with END on February 4, 2003, in the State of Arizona. On April 9, 2003, END was confirmed in backyard fowl in Texas. 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. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) personnel and other federal government personnel are working with the States to consider additional resources to meet the labor demands at the Task Forces. APHIS has implemented a plan for enhanced national END surveillance.

* Situation Update (as of 8:00 p.m. PST, April 10, 2003)

	Arizona	California	Nevada	Texas	Grand Total
Number of premises quarantined	1	16,073	154	Not available.	16,228
Number of premises released	58	83	0	0	141
Number of premises positive	*1	881 (no change from 4/9)	** 10	1 (no change since 4/10)	893 (no change since 4/9)
Number of contact premises	3	1,533 (up 1 from 4/9)	128	8 (up 8 from 4/10)	1,672 up 8 from 4/10)
Number of premises depopulated	4	2,369	138	5	2,516
Premises waiting to be depopulated	0	45	0	0	45
Birds depopulated to date	269	3,455,284	2,746	271	3,458,570
Counties with quarantined premises	La Paz	Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Bernardino San Diego Ventura	Clark	El Paso

* The last infected premises in Arizona was depopulated on February 7, 2003.
** The last infected premises in Nevada was depopulated on January 29, 2003.

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.

• Effective February 10, 2003, APHIS imposed a federal quarantine that regulates the interstate movement of all species of birds and poultry products from all of La Paz and Yuma Counties and a portion of Mohave County, AZ.

• * Effective April 10, 2003, APHIS imposed a federal quarantine that regulates the interstate movement of all species of birds and poultry products from all of El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, TX, and Dona Ana, Luna, and Otero Counties, NM. The federal quarantine was placed on counties beyond the infected county due to their proximity to the infected county.

•* The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has declared an extraordinary emergency for the States of Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas, and New Mexico. These declarations allow USDA to apply federal authority within Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas and New Mexico.

• Currently there are 22 commercial flocks in the State of California affected by END. The breakdown of the commercial premises involved is as follows: 4 premises in Riverside County (3 infected and 1 contact), 7 premises in San Diego County (7 infected), and 11 premises in San Bernardino County (11 infected).
• * Of the 2,565 premises designated for depopulation, 98.1% have been completed.

• The Inland Desert and South Coast ICP's have realigned their service territories so that all of Los Angeles County will now be handled by the South Coast ICP. The South Coast ICP also will be responsible for all of San Diego County, except in cases involving commercial premises. Previously, the Inland Desert ICP handled portion of Los Angeles County, as well as certain areas of San Diego County (both backyard and commercial premises).

• The Central Valley Incident Command Post in Modesto, CA, is staffed and working cooperatively with approximately 15 – 20 county officials to implement efficient surveillance measures throughout the Central Valley.

•Currently there are 22 commercial flocks in the State of California affected by END. The breakdown of the commercial premises involved is as follows: 4 premises in Riverside County (3 infected and 1 contact), 7 premises in San Diego County (7 infected), and 11 premises in San Bernardino County (11 infected).
• * Of the 2,556 premises designated for depopulation, 98.1% have been completed.

* The Inland Desert and South Coast ICP's have realigned their service territories so that all of Los Angeles County will now be handled by the South Coast ICP. The South Coast ICP also will be responsible for all of San Diego County, except in cases involving commercial premises. Previously, the Inland Desert ICP handled portion of Los Angeles County, as well as certain areas of San Diego County (both backyard and commercial premises).

* The Central Valley Incident Command Post in Modesto, CA, is staffed and working cooperatively with approximately 15 – 20 county officials to implement efficient surveillance measures throughout the Central Valley.

Outreach Activities

• On a daily basis, Task Force 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 through the Joint Information Center phone bank. This is a twenty-fold increase from the number of calls in October 2002. On average, approximately 300 of these calls require follow-up action by the Inland Desert or South Coast Incident Command Posts.

* The Task Force information staff provides daily updates to approximately 50 media outlets in California. In addition, in Area Command alone, the information staff field approximately 70 media calls per week.

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.