Join the Next PA Agriculture HPAI Monthly Call on December 4

Hear Updates on Mandatory Testing for Bulk Milk Tanker Trucks

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 from all animal ag industries. We hope you’ll join us for the call, as panelists from the Department of Agriculture and other state/federal organizations address real-time questions from dairy and poultry stakeholders about the recent Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s action of mandatory milk testing at the processor level.

The PA Dept. of Agriculture implemented this mandatory testing order, at no cost to farmers, for bulk milk tanker trucks to determine if HPAI is circulating in lactating dairy cattle statewide. PDA officials say they have seen the impact of HPAI in other states that had not established proactive testing protocols, where economic losses, rapid spread, and mortality of animals later triggered testing protocols but could not undo the significant damage already caused by the virus left undetected. Click here to read the order.

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

Note: The USDA has confirmed that there is no threat to human health and milk. Dairy products continue to remain safe to consume.