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Biosecurity,
Emergency Preparedness,
Avian Influenza

Biosecurity, Emergency Preparedness, and reportable poultry diseases have gained increased attention and importance based on recent experiences and concerns with events such as exotic Newcastle disease in the Western US, highly pathogenic Avian Influenza worldwide and H5N1 in Asia and Europe, natural disasters, and concerns of agroterrorism. This website has been established to serve as a resource center for information on these interrelated topics that have become increasingly important operational, management, and planning challenges to poultry producers and poultry health professionals. The goal is to identify and organize relevant available sources of information on a single website to facilitate access.

*Indicates resources with a North Carolina focus.

I welcome your input regarding the content presented here, and would especially appreciate suggestions for additional sources for information.

David Ley (david_ley@ncsu.edu)

HOT TOPICS and NEW INFORMATION

• *October 1918 -- North Carolina and the "Blue Death"
  3 Oct 2008 UNC University Libraries

• Updated: US Department of State Fact Sheet on Avian Influenza A (H5N1) and Pandemic Influenza
  29 Sep 2008 US Department of State
  

• Pathogenesis of Emerging Avian Influenza Viruses in Mammals and the Host Innate Immune Response
  24 Sep 2008 Immunological Reviews, Vol 225, # 1, Oct 2008 , pp. 68-84(17), DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2008.00690.x
  

• UNC Receives Record $181 Million Grant to Evaluate Health, Poverty and Gender Programs Worldwide
  9 Sep 2008 Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Protecting Poultry Workers from Exposure to Avian Influenza Viruses
  2008 May/June Public Health Reports Volume 123, Issue Number 3, 316-322

• Genotypic Diversity of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses
  29 Aug 2008 J Gen Virol 89 (2008), 2182-2193; DOI10.1099/vir.0.2008/001875-0
  

• Evolutionary and Transmission Dynamics of Reassortant H5N1 Influenza Virus in Indonesia
  22 Aug 2008 PLoS Pathog 4(8): e1000130. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000130

• Transmission of H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Ferrets: Evaluation of Pandemic Potential
  14 Aug 2008 PLoS ONE 3(8): e2923. doi:10.1371

• New Bird Flu Strain Detected in Nigeria
  11 Aug 2008 FAO
  

• Recent Avian H5N1 Viruses Exhibit Increased Propensity for Acquiring Human Receptor Specificity
  5 Aug 2008 Journal of Molecular Biology doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2008.04.016 [Epub ahead of print]

• Bacterial Pneumonia and Pandemic Influenza Planning
  25 Jul 2008 Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Aug [Epub ahead of print]
  

• Federal Agencies Should Continue to Assist States to Address Gaps in Pandemic Planning
  22 Jul 2008 United States General Accountability Office (GAO), Report to Congressional Requesters

• Using Quality Improvement Methods To Improve Public Health Emergency Preparedness: PREPARE For Pandemic Influenza
  15 Jul 2008 Health Affairs 27, no. 5 (2008)

• Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H7N7, Oxfordshire, June 2008
  22 Jun 2008 defra FOOD AND FARMING GROUP, Veterinary Sciences Core team, EPIDEMIOLOGY REPORT

• Vaccine Preparedness — Are We Ready for the Next Influenza Pandemic?
  12 Jun 2008 The New England Journal of Medicine Volume 358:2540-2543
  

BIOSECURITY

Commercial Sites

• Avigen: Biosecurity - an essential tool for modern poultry production
• DuPont Animal Health: Biosecurity

Reports, Publications, Resources

• *UNC NCIPH NCCPHP Bioterrorism Training
• USDA-APHIS: Biosecurity for the Birds
• University of Nebraska: Farm and Ranch Biosecurity
• US Poultry & Egg Association: Infectious Disease Risk Management Practical Biosecurity CD
• defra: Biosecurity and Preventing Disease
• CDC: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Healthcare Settings

Organizations and Institutions

• National Biosecurity Resource Center
• UC Davis: Poultry Biosecurity Resource Forum
• University of Minnesota, Poultry U: Biosecurity Resources
• Iowa State University, Center for Food Security and Public Health (CFSPH)

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Commercial Sites

• DuPont Animal Health: Disease Preparedness

Reports, Publications, Resources

• OSHA Pandemic Flu Guidance for Workplaces
• OSHA Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers
• Pandemic Influenza Planning Webinars, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, PandemicFlu.gov
• US Government (USG) Departments:Federal Guidance to Assist States in Improving State-level Pandemic influenza Operating Plans. March 11, 2008.
• US Department of Education: Pandemic Flu: A Planning Guide for Educators
• Pandemic Influenza Planning in the United States from a Health Disparities Perspective. EID, May 2008.
• Public Response to Community Mitigation Measures for Pandemic Influenza. EID, May 2008.
• Pandemic Influenza
  20 May 2008 CIDRAP
• Pandemic Planning Update V
  12 May 2008 PandemicFlu.gov
• Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation
  23 Apr 2008 PandemicFlu.gov

Organizations and Institutions

• *North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA&CS)
• *NCDA&CS Emergency Programs Division
• *NCDA&CS Veterinary Division
• *NCDA&CS Veterinary Division - Reportable Diseases
• *NCDA&CS Veterinary Division - Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory System
• *NCDA&CS Veterinary Division - Animal Disease Alerts
• *NCDA&CS Meat and Poultry Division
• *North Carolina State Animal Response Team (SART)
• *NC Division of Public Health (NCPH), Department of Health and Human Services
• *NCPH NC Pandemic Flu Preparedness
• *NCPH NC Pandemic Influenza (Flu) Plan
• *Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, NC Division of Public Health, Department of Health and Human Services
• *UNC School of Public Health, NC Institute for Public Health (NCIPH)
• *NCIPH Certificate in Core Public Health Concepts
• *NCIPH Certificate in Field Epidemiology
• *NCIPH North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness (NCCPHP)
• *NCIPH NCCPHP Preparedness Training
• *NCIPH NCCPHP Bioterrorism Training
• *NCIPH NCCPHP Emerging and Reemerging Diseases (Avian and Pandemic Influenza)
• *NCIPH NCCPHP Avian & Pandemic Flu Resources
• *North Carolina's Ethical Guidelines for an Influenza Pandemic (April 2007)
• American Red Cross Pandemic Flu Information
• CDC Flu Web Page
• Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP),
• CIDRAP Promising Practices: Pandemic Preparedness Tools
• OIE Disease Emergency Preparedness
• OSHA Emergency Preparedness and Response
• OSHA Pandemic Flu Guidance For Healthcare Workers
• PandemicFlu.gov US Dept. of Health and Human Services Pandemic Flu Site
• USDA-APHIS Emergency Preparedness and Response
  

AVIAN INFLUENZA

Commercial Sites

• Bird Flu Control
• CID LINES: Avian Influenza Disinfectant
• Intervet International AI site

Reports, Publications, Resources

• Animal health and welfare aspects of avian influenza and the risk of its introduction into the EU poultry holdings
  6 Jun 2008 The EFSA Journal 715, 1-161
• Environmental Factors Contributing to the Spread of H5N1 Avian Influenza in Mainland China
  28 May 2008 PLoS ONE 3(5):e2268
• Genetic Compatibility and Virulence of Reassortants Derived from Contemporary Avian H5N1 and Human H3N2 Influenza A Viruses
  23 May 2008 PLoS Pathog 4(5):e1000072
• Understanding Avian Influenza
  FAO, 9 April 2008.
• Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) Avian Influenza Publications
• Avian Flu School
  Wildlife Health Center and Cooperative Extension of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis
  
• Avian Influenza Information
  NCSU Poultry Science Department, Cooperative Extension Service
• Avian Influenza
  David Swayne, Editor. Blackwell Publishing, March 2008.
• The Use of Vaccination as an Option For The Control of Avian Influenza
  Ilaria Capua & Stefano Marangon. OIE, May 2003.
• Identification of the Progenitors of Indonesian and Vietnamese Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Viruses from Southern China. Journal of Virology, April 2008, p. 3405-3414, Vol. 82, No. 7.
• Avian Influenza (Bird Flu): Agricultural and Wildlife Considerations. Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), March 2008.
• Mapping H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza risk in Southeast Asia. PNAS vol. 105 no. 12 4769-4774, March 25, 2008.
• Transmission of Avian Influenza Virus (H3N2) to Dogs. EID, May 2008.
• Multiple Reassortment Events in the Evolutionary History of H1N1 Influenza A Virus Since 1918
  29 Feb 2008 PLoS Pathog 4(2):e1000012
• Probable limited person-to-person transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in China
  8 Apr 2008 The Lancet Early Online Publication
  

Organizations and Institutions

• *NCIPH NCCPHP Emerging and Reemerging Diseases (Avian and Pandemic Influenza)
• *NCIPH NCCPHP Avian & Pandemic Flu Resources
• Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• AvianFlu.gov
• Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST)
• Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), University of Minnesota
• HPAI, Center for Food Security and Public Health (CFSPH), Iowa State University
• OIE Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
  
• OSHA Guidance for Protecting Employees Against Avian Flu
• WHO Avian Influenza
• USGS National Wildlife Health Center Avian Influenza News
• defra Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs UK, Animal Health & Welfare, Avian Influenza