What’s New for Poultry Exhibitors in 2014? Created by: Dr. Lora Davis Presented by: Michele Gill Washington State Department of Agriculture

Pullorum-Typhoid Testing  What is pullorum-typhoid??  Pullorum Disease and Fowl Typhoid are both diseases in poultry and game birds  Pullorum disease is most important in the United States

Pullorum-Typhoid Testing  How does testing affect 4-H and other poultry exhibitors ??  A new law passed: all birds going to shows need to be tested for pullorum- typhoid (P-T)

Pullorum-Typhoid Testing  But Why??  I’ve never heard of Pullorum disease in Washington state!!

BACKGROUND… First we need to understand Pullorum Disease

What Causes Pullorum Disease?  Caused by a bacteria Salmonella pullorum  Disease of baby chicks  7-10 days of age

What signs do you see in birds with Pullorum Disease?  White diarrhea  Pasted vent  Huddle together  Lameness  Difficulty breathing  Blindness  Nearly all chicks with Pullorum Disease die  Chicks that survive can carry the disease

Disease in Adult ‘Carriers’  Drop in egg production  Low fertility or hatchability  Sometimes have diarrhea

How is Pullorum Disease spread?  Salmonella bacteria in adult ‘Carrier’ birds will pass to the egg

How is Pullorum Disease spread?  Baby chicks hatch and become sick days later

How is Pullorum Disease spread?  Sick baby chicks spread the bacteria to other chicks

Before you know it, the entire chick flock is infected!

How is Pullorum Disease spread?  Salmonella can also contaminate the environment and continue to spread the disease

How Do You Treat Pullorum Disease?

A Lesson in Pullorum History  1930’s… ~70 years ago, Pullorum Disease killed a lot of poultry  Prevented farmers from raising chickens

National Poultry Improvement Plan  Poultry farmers developed a plan to eliminate Pullorum Disease in the U.S.  Test for carriers  ~20 years later the disease was eliminated in commercial flocks

NPIP and Pullorum Disease Today  Today – Pullorum Disease still exists in the U.S.!  1990 – last outbreak in commercial poultry  2002 & 2004 – most recent reported outbreaks in small producer flocks

Pullorum in Washington State  Washington State: Last Pullorum bacteria isolated in 1987 from Yakima County  Washington is an NPIP ‘Pullorum-Clean State’  Required for movement of poultry into other states!

How can I meet the new requirements? How can I meet the new requirements? 1. Birds can be bought from an NPIP participating flock  Keep and present receipt at fair 2. Birds can be tested prior to the show  Test results good for 90 days  Present test certificate at the fair 3. Birds can be tested at the show

Who Are We??  The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA):  8 Divisions  25 different programs  support the agricultural community  protect consumers and the environment

Division of Animal Health  Avian HealthVeterinarian  Dr. Lyndon Badcoe  Avian Health Program  Michele Gill - coordinator

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