As Pennsylvania continues to monitor the rapid acceleration of cases of HPAI in dairy cattle across the United States, the Center for Dairy Excellence and Penn Ag Industries Association will host the next joint monthly Pennsylvania Agriculture HPAI Conference Call on Wednesday, December 4 at 1 p.m. EST for producers and stakeholders fromall animal ag industries. 

We hope you’ll join us for the call, as panelistsfrom the Department of Agriculture and other state/federalorganizations address real-time questions from dairy and poultrystakeholders about the recent Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s actionof mandatory milk testing at the processor level.

ThePA Dept. of Agriculture implemented this mandatory testing order, at no cost tofarmers, for bulk milk tanker trucks to determine if HPAI is circulatingin lactating dairy cattle statewide. PDA officials say they have seen theimpact of HPAI in other states that had not established proactive testingprotocols, where economic losses, rapid spread, and mortality of animals latertriggered testing protocols but could not undo the significant damage alreadycaused by the virus left undetected. Click here to read the order.

During the December 4 call, you can ask your questions in real time aboutthe mandatory testing order, Pennsylvania’s continued response to HPAI,transmission, and how to incorporate good biosecurity protocols across the animal agriculture industries.

Click here to join the meeting viaZoom.

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