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Here is the 2022 Fair letter from the CDFA regarding Poultry Health Inspectors (PHIs).

    Thanks to Kevin Simmons (National Poultry Improvement Plan Coordinator, Arkansas) I am able to share this map with you.   No longer are the confirmed cases far, far away.   You can easily see that there are new cases in the west.   Please also note that BACKYARD and commercial flocks alike are being infected.   I will say it again: keep your birds under solid cover and practice the best biosecurity you can.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)  is now on our coast.   The OIE (also known as the World Organization for Animal Health) has confirmed that HPAI  has been isolated on the west coast of the United States.   A bald eagle that died in Vancouver, BC was positive for HPAI.

The following information from United Egg Producers has just been shared with me.  You may be under the false impression that HPAI is only hitting commercial poultry.  This is NOT the case, as New York has just experienced.  – Dr. Bradley

“The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a non-commercial backyard flock (non-poultry) in Suffolk County, New York.”

The following alert was just received from Dr Annette Jones, our California State Veterinarian:

“WASHINGTON, February 9, 2022 – The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial turkey flock in Dubois County, Indiana. This is the first confirmed case of HPAI in commercial poultry in the United States since 2020.”

USDA confirmed today that a wild American wigeon (dabbling duck) in Colleton County, South Carolina has tested positive for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N2.   Be sure you are practicing the best biosecurity possible.

Mandatory PHI Refresher Course attendance: for any PHI who has not already communicated with Dr. Bradley, you need to contact Dr. Bradley by mail (1775 E. Palm Canyon Dr., Suite 110-129, Palm Springs, California 92264) BEFORE September 16th.  Note that this is the final notice for PHIs wishing to continue service as active PHIs.

Mandatory PHI Refresher Course attendance: for any PHI who has not already communicated with Dr. Bradley, you need to contact Dr. Bradley by mail (1775 E. Palm Canyon Dr., Suite 110-129, Palm Springs, California 92264) BEFORE Aug. 10th.
 

Here is our best information as to the list of California fairs that will be cancelled or not have live poultry in 2021. 

Here is the 2021 Fair letter from the CDFA regarding Poultry Heath Inspectors (PHIs).