Newcastle Disease In The USA
USA - A report (via OIE) on the Newcastle Disease in the United States (follow-up report No. 9).
17 January 2003
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See also:
9 May 2003,
25 April 2003,
18 April 2003,
7 February 2003,
24 January 2003,
10 January 2003,
3 January 2003,
29 November 2002,
22 November 2002,
8 November 2002,
1 November 2002,
25 October 2002,
18 October 2002,
4 October 2002
Information received on 10 January 2003 from Dr Peter Fernandez, Associate Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, DC:
End of previous report period: 3 January 2003 (see Disease Information, 16 [2], 6, dated 10 January 2003).
End of this report period: 10 January 2003.
Outbreaks (updated data):
| Location | No. of outbreaks |
| Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego Counties, State of California | 1* |
* 3 positive commercial layer operations and approx. 1,160 positive or exposed backyard premises.
Control measures: see previous reports.
USDA and the State of California have expanded the boundaries of the quarantine zone to include a buffer zone around the Newcastle Disease infected sites. The expanded zone includes those counties with positive flocks: Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and San Diego; and adjacent counties of Santa Barbara, Ventura, Imperial and Orange.
Source: OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DES EPIZOOTIES - 17th January 2003
