HPAI Update and NMPF Webinar

USDA continues to stress the importance of heightened biosecurity measures, including special attention to good milking practices such as equipment disinfection and milking sick cattle separately or last prior to parlor cleaning. Also, isolate newly added cattle when moved onto a premises. Biosecurity guidance is available from USDA and resources are also available from the National Dairy FARM Program, including this new fact sheet created with the National Milk Producers Federation and American Association of Bovine Practitioners.

The USDA, Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Federal Drug Administration (FDA) continue to affirm that pasteurized milk and dairy products remain safe to consume. The FDA does not currently have concerns about the safety or availability of pasteurized milk products nationwide.

The session will feature insights on the rapidly evolving animal health situation, including early signs for detection, updated biosecurity recommendations and contingency planning. Strategies for safeguarding the health and safety of workers handling cows infected with HPAI will also be discussed.