Avian Influenza Informational links

The following links are meant to help users find up-to-date and reliable information about Avian Influenza.

• Video highlights from an April 2006 workshop in Harrisburg presented by Penn State Cooperative Extension, the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, the Pennsylvania Women's Agricultural Network, The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The information is geared to independent pastured-poultry producers; owners of small-scale, hobby and specialty flocks; show-bird enthusiasts; and game-bird breeders. Video presentations and a question-and-answer session cover topics such as bio security, surveillance, disease symptoms, and other issues.
  
• American Association of Avian Pathologists and American College of Poultry Veterinarians

• Avian Flu Press Release
• Asian Bird Flu Information

• Avian Influenza Avian influenza is caused by type A influenza virus. The symptoms can vary from a mild disease with little or no mortality to a highly fatal, rapidly spreading epidemic (highly pathogenic avian influenza) depending on the infecting virus strain, host factors, and environmental stressors. By: Carol J. Cardona, Extension Poultry Veterinarian, University of California, Davis.

• Avian Influenza Virus Program at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Want to know more about AI? Check the information and publications at the site.

• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Outbreak

• Official U.S. government Web site for information on pandemic flu and avian influenza.

• PA Cooperative Extension Health & Emerging Issues Home page

• Pennsylvania Pandemic Preparedness site.
• Pandemic Influenza Planning: A Guide for Individuals and Families.

• USDA "spotlights" for Avian Influenza

• USDA Information resources on Avian Influenza