| Exotic
Newcastle Disease |
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Issued
June 6, 2003
Exotic Newcastle Disease (END) Administrative Order Modified
Agency Directive::
The Arizona Department
of Agriculture has issued a Director's
Administrative Order to aid in the prevention
of the spread of Exotic Newcastle Disease
within the state of Arizona. Effective
May 20, 2003 the previously issued quarantine
order has been lifted for all counties
in Arizona except the that portion of LaPaz
County within the Colorado River Indian
Tribe, which remains under quarantine.
June 6, 2003 Jim deVos, Research Branch
Chief
Contacts
for Additional Information:
Anyone interested in additional information or an update of restrictions
in movement of birds in Arizona can contact the Arizona Department of Agriculture
hotline at 1-888-742-5334 or the Arizona
Department of Agriculture website. Specific questions are being handled
through e-mail to statevet@agric.state.az.us.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture also maintains a current website with
information on Newcastle
Disease. |
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Modified
Administrative Order on Exotic Newcastle
Disease Issued on April 2, 2003
Pursuant
to the Arizona Department of Agriculture’s
Administrative Order on Exotic Newcastle
Disease, on March 3, 2003, the Director
of the Arizona Game and Fish Department
issued an order suspending the issuance
of Field Trial Licenses, Field Trial
Training Permits, and Shooting Preserve
Licenses where birds would be transported
from the premises where they were held.
The Order was to remain in effect until
the Arizona Department of Agriculture’s
Administrative Order on Exotic Newcastle
Disease was lifted.
On March 28, 2003, the Arizona
Department of Agriculture issued a new
Administrative Order that removed the restriction
on bird events and movement of birds in
all areas of Arizona except Yuma
and LaPaz counties, and Mojave County south
and east of the Colorado River where
all movement of birds is still restricted.
As a result of this new Department of Agriculture
Administrative Order, the Director of the
Arizona Game and Fish Department is ordering
the following actions:
1. Effective April 3, 2003,
the Department shall resume the issuance
of all licenses that allow for the movement
of birds except for those areas of the
state that remain quarantined. These licenses
include field trial, field trial training,
and shooting preserve.
2. The Department shall notify in writing all licensees, including falconers1
and Game Farm licensees, who were affected by the March 3, 2003, Order,
advising them that restrictions placed by the Arizona Department of Agriculture
have been lifted except for Yuma and LaPaz counties, and Mojave County
south and east of the Colorado River, where all previous restrictions
apply.
ISSUED - APRIL 2, 2003
Duane L. Shroufe
Director
Notes:
1.
The Department of Agriculture’s Administrative
Order also precluded any event where falconers
were to gather in a noticed hunting meet,
as well as the movement of birds for a
purpose defined as a “bird event” under
the Department of Agriculture’s Order,
and these individuals were notified by
the Department of this action.
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| Exotic
Newcastle Disease Found in Arizona |
Exotic Newcastle Disease
(END) has been confirmed in Arizona. On Feb.
4 END was confirmed in a backyard poultry
flock in western Arizona, leading to the
quarantine of portions of three Arizona counties.
End is a contagious viral disease affecting many species of birds including
poultry and wild birds. The Arizona Game and Fish Department asks hunters
and bird watchers to be on the alert for wild birds that may exhibit symptoms
of this disease. This is probably one of the most infectious diseases of
poultry in the world with a death rate of almost 100 percent in unvaccinated
poultry flocks and so virulent that many birds die without showing any
clinical signs. The disease can even infect and cause death in vaccinated
poultry.
END is extremely contagious. The spread is primarily through direct contact
between healthy birds and the bodily fluids of infected birds. It can be
transmitted through infected bird droppings as well as secretions from
the nose, mouth and eyes. It spreads rapidly among confined birds.. like
commercially raised chickens. The disease is also easily spread by virus-bearing
material picked up on shoes and clothing and carried from an infected flock
to a healthy one. END can also spread from poultry flocks to wildlife as
wild birds come into contact with infected poultry, possibly when wild
birds enter a pen to feed on spilled grain. Although experiments have documented
that several wild species including ducks and pheasants can develop the
disease, widespread illness and death has only been documented in double-crested
cormorants in the United States and Canada.
This disease affects the respiratory, nervous and digestive systems, with
an incubation period ranging from two to 15 days.
| Infected
birds may exhibit the following signs: |
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Respiratory:
sneezing, gasping for air, nasal
discharge, coughing |
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Digestive:
greenish, watery diarrhea |
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Nervous: muscular
tremors, droopy wings, twisting head & neck,
circling, complete paralysis |
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Partial or complete
reduction in egg production |
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Production of
thin-shelled eggs |
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Swelling of the
tissues around the eyes & in the
neck |
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Sudden death |
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Increased number
of deaths in a flock |
The available information suggests that Newcastle disease can affect people,
however, it does not pose a significant health risk. In humans, the disease
is usually limited to conjunctivitis, which is a mild inflammation of the
tissues around the eyes and is seen in persons associated with infected
birds or facilities where infected birds are housed. It should be noted
that poultry products in the Arizona marketplace, including eggs and meat,
continue to be safe to consume.
Anyone interested in additional information or an update of restrictions
in the movement of birds in Arizona can contact the Arizona Department
of Agriculture hotline at 1-888-742-5334 or the Arizona Department of Agriculture
Web site: agriculture.state.az.us. |
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