As a continuation of its Biosecurity Program offerings, USPOULTRY is hosting a webinar on "Effective Disinfection for ON-Farm and OFF-Farm Equipment" on Wednesday, April 29, from 1 - 2 p.m. EDT, with a follow-up “Overview on Farm Depopulation” webinar on Wednesday, May 6, from 1 – 2 p.m. EDT. The webinars are free of charge to USPOULTRY members.
Both webinars will
feature Dr. Eric Benson, professor in the Department of Animal and Food
Sciences at the University of Delaware. Dr. Benson has been involved in
emergency animal response, and he and his team have been involved in support
for the current HPAIV outbreak at both the state and federal level.
The first webinar will
cover the ins and outs of cleaning equipment and will focus on practices for
equipment and machinery used inside and around poultry barns on the farm premises
and equipment brought from outside the farm. The “Overview on Farm
Depopulation” webinar will focus
on the different available methods of farm depopulation, concentrating on mass
emergency methods appropriate for structural and disease response.
“With the continued
avian influenza detections in the United States, effective biosecurity measures
are extremely important, now more than ever. These webinars can help our
members enhance their existing biosecurity programs,” remarked Sherman Miller, Cal-Maine Foods, Jackson,
Miss., and USPOULTRY chairman.
Participants will be
able to submit questions during both webinars, which will be answered by Dr.
Benson during a question and answer period at the end of the program. All
participants will receive a copy of the recorded program and a one-page
document containing important points from the webinars.
To register for the “Effective Disinfection for ON-Farm and OFF-Farm Equipment” webinar, click here. To register for the “Overview on Farm Depopulation” webinar, click here.
