The live bird market system and low-pathogenic avian influenza prevention in southern California.
Although live bird markets (LBMs) have been associated with outbreaks of avian influenza (AI), there are some LBM systems where AI outbreaks are extremely rare events. The California LBMs have not had any detected avian influenza viruses (AIVs) since December 2005. Responses to a detailed questionnaire on the practices and characteristics of the participants in the California low-pathogenic (LP) AI control program have been described to characterize possible reasons for the lack of AI outbreaks in LBMs. Compliance with an LPAI control program that contains active surveillance, prevention, and rapid response measures by those involved in the LBM system, rendering services to dispose of carcasses, no wholesalers, and few third-party bird deliveries was associated with the lack of LPAIV circulating in the Southern California LBM system.
Yee
Karen S
KS
Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance, Department of Medicine & Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Carpenter
Tim E
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Mize
Sarah
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Cardona
Carol J
CJ
D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D019649:Food Industry; D005516:Food Microbiology; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D040541:Marketing; D011200:Poultry / Q000821:virology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires