Transcript Pullorum-Typhoid Testing PowerPoint

What’s New for Poultry
Exhibitors in 2014?
Created by: Dr. Lora Davis
Presented by: Michele Gill
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Pullorum-Typhoid Testing
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What is pullorum-typhoid??
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Pullorum Disease and Fowl Typhoid are
both diseases in poultry and game
birds
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Pullorum disease is most important in
the United States
Pullorum-Typhoid Testing
How does testing affect 4-H and
other poultry exhibitors??
 A new law passed: all birds going to
shows need to be tested for pullorumtyphoid (P-T)
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Pullorum-Typhoid Testing
But Why??
 I’ve never heard of Pullorum
disease in Washington state!!
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BACKGROUND…
First we need to understand Pullorum Disease
What Causes Pullorum Disease?
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Caused by a bacteria
Salmonella pullorum
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of baby chicks
7-10 days of age
What signs do you see in birds
with Pullorum Disease?
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White diarrhea
Pasted vent
Huddle together
Lameness
Difficulty breathing
Blindness
Nearly all chicks with Pullorum Disease die
 Chicks that survive can carry the disease
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Disease in Adult ‘Carriers’
Drop in egg production
 Low fertility or hatchability
 Sometimes have
diarrhea
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How is Pullorum Disease
spread?
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Salmonella bacteria in adult ‘Carrier’
birds will pass to the egg
How is Pullorum Disease
spread?
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Baby chicks hatch and become sick
days later
How is Pullorum Disease
spread?
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Sick baby chicks spread the bacteria
to other chicks
Before you know it, the entire
chick flock is infected!
How is Pullorum Disease
spread?
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Salmonella can also contaminate the
environment and continue to spread
the disease
How Do You Treat Pullorum Disease?
A Lesson in Pullorum
History
 1930’s… ~70 years ago, Pullorum
Disease killed a lot of poultry
 Prevented farmers from raising chickens
National Poultry
Improvement Plan
 Poultry farmers developed a plan to eliminate
Pullorum Disease in
the U.S.
 Test for carriers
 ~20 years later the
disease was
eliminated in
commercial flocks
NPIP and Pullorum
Disease Today
 Today –
Pullorum Disease still exists in the U.S.!
 1990 – last outbreak in commercial poultry
 2002 & 2004 – most recent reported
outbreaks in small producer flocks
Pullorum in
Washington State
 Washington State: Last Pullorum bacteria
isolated in 1987 from Yakima County
 Washington is an NPIP ‘Pullorum-Clean
State’
 Required for movement of poultry into
other states!
How can I meet the new
requirements?
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Birds can be bought from an NPIP
participating flock
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Keep and present receipt at fair
Birds can be tested prior to the show
Test results good for 90 days
 Present test certificate at the fair
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Birds can be tested at the show
Who Are We??
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The Washington State Department
of Agriculture (WSDA):
8 Divisions
25 different programs
support the agricultural community
 protect consumers and the environment
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Division of Animal Health
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Avian HealthVeterinarian
Dr. Lyndon Badcoe
Avian Health Program
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Michele Gill - coordinator
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION