Eradication of exotic Newcastle disease in Southern California, 1971-74 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Washington] : The Service, 1978.
Series:APHIS 91 ; 34.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The poultry and pet bird industries in Southern California
  • Egg production
  • Broiler production
  • Turkey production
  • Backyard flocks
  • Pet (exotic) birds
  • Bird populations in the original outbreak area
  • Different forms of Newcastle disease
  • Exotic Newcastle disease
  • Domestic Newcastle disease
  • Events leading to declaration of emergency
  • Background of Exotic Newcastle outbreaks
  • Plans for eradicating VVND
  • The diagnosis
  • California adopts regulations
  • Initial eradication program
  • Exotic Newcastle continues to spread
  • Expanded state-federal quarantines
  • National emergency declared (the declaration)
  • The Newcastle task force
  • Organization
  • Headquarters
  • Field (area) offices
  • Diagnostic laboratory services
  • Task force ready for action
  • The three-pronged attack
  • Depopulation of flocks - eliminating the virus
  • Quarantine - containing the disease
  • Vaccination - a two-edged sword
  • The sentinel bird program
  • The sentinel birds
  • Results of the sentinel bird program
  • Epidemiological necropsy surveillance (ENS) program
  • ENS collection
  • ENS diagnostic examination
  • Results of the ENS program
  • Disease prevention program
  • Primary methods of disease spread
  • Other factors in disease spread
  • Santa Ana winds
  • Role of wild birds
  • Insect vectors and rodents
  • Course of the outbreak
  • Arizona outbreak
  • Hatcher outbreak
  • Tulare, Fresno, and Kings County outbreaks
  • Seasonal decline
  • Infection moves to Moorpark
  • Egg City
  • Further incidence of VVND
  • Infection in Norco
  • Public meetings
  • Opposition to eradication efforts
  • Extraordinary emergency declared
  • Lifting of quarantine
  • Twelve-month surveillance
  • Lifting of extraordinary emergency
  • A look backward
  • Literature cited
  • Appendices