Jan 9, 2025 | View All Issues
Hello everyone,
THIS MESSAGE IS VERY IMPORTANT—PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY AND IN FULL!
I’ve received some news that I was hoping not to hear, but I had a feeling it might be coming our way.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has announced that, due to the continued spread of H5N1 Bird Flu in California, the State Veterinarian has implemented an immediate ban on all California poultry and dairy cattle exhibitions at fairs and shows until further notice.
This action is necessary to protect people, animals, and non-infected birds and cattle from exposure to the disease.
I cannot stress this enough: please do not bring or move any birds off your property! The best way to help control the spread of this disease is to keep your animals safe and avoid moving them from one location to another.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding as we work together to protect our livestock and communities.
You will still need to continue to have poultry and dairy project meetings! For those meetings don't have any poultry or dairy cattle at them until further notice! I will keep everyone posted on this matter as updates come my way!
As poultry chair for 4H council and the Kern County Fair I am asking for your help to spread the word to your club parents, leaders, family, friends, neighbors and anyone you can think of to help us get this virus under control for our youth membe
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