A new online tool called the Waterfowl Alert Network notifies poultry farms when the risk of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak is high. The tool uses waterfowl densities to determine potential risk because waterfowl are reservoirs of HPAI.
“There are other tools to track HPAI outbreaks, but not a lot of tools for surveying waterfowl,” reported Tristin Bond, AgriNerds, Inc., at the 2023 North Central Avian Disease Conference. Poultry producers can use this information to help steer biosecurity and husbandry decisions that reduce the risk of HPAI outbreaks. Read more