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From YouTube: July 7, 2022 Kuv Lub Nroog Minneapolis – WIXK 1590 AM
Description
Experts from the University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Animal Care & Control answer questions about Avian Influenza, also known as the Bird Flu.
A
A
Let
me
start
by
asking
my
three
guests:
abby
abby,
dr
shana,
and
caroline,
to
introduce
yourself
starting
with
abby.
Please
tell
us
who
you
are
and
what
work
you
are
doing.
Thank
you.
So
much.
B
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
for
the
invitation
to
be
able
to
speak
to
all
of
you
about
poultry
in
minnesota.
My
name
is
abby
schaft,
I'm
an
extension
educator
for
the
university
of
minnesota
for
poultry
to
back
up
a
little
extension
is
the
outreach
arm
of
the
university
of
minnesota.
B
So
our
role,
in
extension,
is
to
bring
university's
science-based
information
to
every
resident
in
the
state
of
minnesota.
Extension
exists
in
all
of
the
states
in
the
united
states,
and
particularly
in
minnesota.
We
have
four
main
areas
that
provide
research
and
outreach
to
minnesotans
to
help
in
our
everyday
lives
and
those
four
centers.
We
call
them
are
agriculture,
food
and
natural
resource
sciences,
community,
vitality,
so
think
about
community
economics.
B
Starter
businesses
and
leadership
for
communities.
We
also
have
family
development
and
we
also
have
youth
development
in
extension.
So
if
you
are
familiar
with
4-h
programs,
those
fall
under
extension
programs,
so
my
particular
work
is
based
in
the
center
for
agriculture,
food
and
natural
resource
sciences,
and
my
primary
work
focuses
around
preventing
poultry
diseases
and
I
cover
the
entire
state
of
minnesota.
B
During
my
work
and
during
the
2022
outbreak
of
highly
pathogenic
avian
influenza,
one
of
my
primary
responsibilities
was
to
connect
with
small
and
backyard
poultry
owners
across
the
state
and
even
with
our
neighboring
states,
to
help
teach
them
ahead
of
time
to
prepare
for
a
potential
infection
and
how
to
protect
their
birds
so
that
their
birds,
hopefully
did
not
become
infected.
So
that
was
just
one
of
the
things
that
I
helped
out
with
this
spring.
C
D
A
A
D
E
E
The
mptl
is
a
collaborative
operation
between
the
university
of
minnesota,
which
runs
the
laboratory
and
the
minnesota
board
of
animal
health,
which
runs
the
regulatory
functions
during
the
outbreak.
This
spring
of
highly
pathogenic
gavin
influenza,
one
of
my
primary
responsibilities
was
overseeing
the
state's
permitting
system
that
allowed
poultry
businesses
and
producers
who
were
uninfected
to
continue
operating
in
the
middle
of
a
disease
outbreak.
A
B
So
avian
influenza
is
a
form
of
the
an
influenza
virus
that
affects
all
poultry
and
by
all
poultry.
I
mean
chickens
and
turkeys
and
pheasants
and
quail
ducks
and
geese
it
can
affect
all
of
those
poultry
species
and
those
bird
types.
B
The
highly
pathogenic
avian
influenza
that
we
have
been
experiencing
this
spring
causes
very
high
death
rates
and
those
in
poultry
flocks
and
those
birds
when
they
become
infected,
die
on
their
own
very
quickly
and
very
rapidly
so
because
of
that
those
birds
are
not
to
be
marketed
for
their
meat.
B
They,
the
eggs
from
those
infected
fox,
obviously
are
not
going
to
be
marketed
and
we
shouldn't
be
sharing
them
with
our
friends
and
neighbors
and
in
general
the
strain
that
has
been
circulating
in
the
u.s
this
year
is
has
not
been
found
to
affect
people.
A
very
very
rare
case
has
occurred,
but
in
general
of
all
the
hundreds,
maybe
even
thousands,
of
people
that
have
been
part
of
this
year's
response.
B
They
have
been
well,
and
only
in
one
rare
instance
did
somebody
become
ill
and
he
recovered.
So
it's
not
necessarily
a
large
health
concern
for
us
as
humans,
but
we
still
need
to
take
precautions
when
caring
for
birds
and
to
be
able
to
report.
If
we
see
any
sick
birds
as
soon
as
possible
because
of
how
infectious
it
can
be.
B
So
to
answer
the
first
part
of
your
question:
avian
influenza
has
affected
minnesota
greatly.
This
spring
we've
had
80
confirmed
flocks
in
the
state,
with
the
first
few
being
first,
two
being
announced
on
march
26th,
so
it's
been
through
the
spring
and
of
those
80
21
of
those
flocks
have
been
from
backyard
and
small
poultry
flocks
that
have
had
have
had
highly
pathogenic
avian
influenza.
So
it's
not
just
our
big
commercial
farms.
It
is
also
affecting
our
smaller
premises
that
have
poultry
on
site.
B
The
most
recent
case
was
announced
and
confirmed
on
may
30th,
so
it's
been
a
little
over
a
month.
Thankfully,
since
minnesota
has
seen
a
case
of
highly
pathogenic
avian
influenza,
however,
it
is
still
sort
of
popping
up
here
and
there
across
the
united
states
as
recently
as
a
week
ago.
B
The
second
part
of
your
question
is:
is
it
safe
to
eat
poultry
products
and
absolutely
yes?
It
is.
We
want
to
make
sure,
though,
that
you
properly
handle
all
of
your
poultry
and
any
poultry
products
such
as
eggs,
raw
eggs,
raw
meat
and
so
in
order
to
ensure
that
your
prop
my
dogs,
want
to
be
on
air
too.
They
decided
they
want
to
play.
So
my
apologies
so
to
ensure
that
you
are
safely
handling
your
poultry,
make
sure
you
keep
clean
surfaces
that
you're
working
on
your
countertops
cutting
boards.
B
C
C
C
C
E
The
disease
tends
to
travel
with
flocks
of
ducks
and
geese
as
they
migrate
through,
and
so
certain
times
of
the
year
like
spring
and
fall
is
when
we
are
more
worried
about
cases
in
our
domestic
animals,
this
particular
strain
of
influenza
virus.
The
highly
pathogenic
avian
influenza
that
we
saw
this
spring
did
indeed
make
some
of
these
wild
waterfowl
sick,
and
so
that
is
a
change
from
the
the
normal
viruses
that
circulate
in
those
populations
and,
as
abby
mentioned,
all
domestic
poultry,
including
chickens,
turkeys,
game
birds
and
even
domestic
waterfowl
are
susceptible
to
influenza.
Viruses.
A
E
There
are
two
different
types
of
influenza
viruses
that
can
infect
poultry
low
pathogenic
avian
influenza
typically
only
causes
mild
disease
in
birds
and
can
easily
go
undetected.
Some
flocks
may
be
quiet,
they
may
not
have
a
lot
of
energy,
they
may
not
eat
well,
or
they
could
have
some
coughing
and
sneezing
or
show
a
decrease
in
egg
production.
E
A
E
E
Biosecurity
is
a
process
for
protecting
farms
and
animals
from
infectious
diseases,
and
farmers,
big
and
small,
can
create
and
carry
out
very
simple
biosecurity
plans
and
practices
specific
to
their
farms
and
animals
to
help
keep
them
protected,
because
diseases
can
be
introduced
into
farms
in
a
lot
of
different
from
a
lot
of
different
sources.
A
good
plan
addresses
all
known
routes
of
disease,
transmission
from
agents
like
viruses,
as
well
as
bacteria
or
fungi
or
parasites.
E
Controlling
access
to
domestic,
poultry
pens
and
barns
is
a
good
first
step
in
helping
to
prevent
the
introduction
of
diseases
so
knowing
who's
coming
onto
your
farm
and
when
and
where
they've
been
before
something
else,
that's
really
important
and
be,
and
is
really
important.
Now,
with
with
this
particular
strain
of
influenza,
viruses
is
preventing
contact
with
wild
waterfowl.
E
A
D
This
technology
I'll
tell
you
but
yes,
absolutely
city
residents
are
permitted
to
have
backyard
chickens,
but
in
order
to
do
so,
they
have
a
permit.
What
the
permit
does
is
allows
us
what
you're
required
to
get
a
permit.
You
have
to
go
through
a
small
educational
class
as
required,
and
our
staff
will
walk
you
through,
what's
required
for
coops.
That
will
help
you
live
safely
with
your
pets
and
keep
you
keep
your
chickens
safe
and
also
they
they
require
consent
from
neighbors,
depending
on
the
level
of
coop.
D
A
A
two-part
question
for
you:
what
happened
if
my
birth
test
positive
for
the
for
the
influenza
and
and
they're
sick,
and
so
who
do
I,
who
do?
I
call
if
I
do
not
have
a
veterinarian.
E
E
E
If
you
have
sick
birds
and
are
concerned,
we
do
have
a
hotline
established
and
it's
the
phone
number
is
one
eight,
three,
three,
four,
five,
four
zero
one,
five
six,
if
it's
after
hours
or
on
the
weekends
and
you
have
concerns,
we
do
have
a
minnesota
duty
officer
that
is
available.
That
can
help
get
in
touch
with
people
like
me,
and
that
number
is
1-800-422-0798.
C
A
A
D
Yes,
all
positive
flocks.
They
have
to
be
popular
depopulated
to
stop
the
spread
of
diseases.
It's
really
really
important,
I
believe,
in
in
large
farms,
but
also
in
the
city,
because
we're
so
closely
knitted
in
the
city
that
it
could
easily
spread
throughout
all
the
coops
in
the
city.
So
we
do
have
to
continue
that
so.
A
A
Caroline
earlier
earlier,
you
mentioned
that
the
city
you
you
need
to
you
know
require
a
permit
for
you
to
have
a
chicken
coop
in
the
backyards.
Does
that
make
this
situation
any
safer
with
this
influenza.
D
So,
yes,
it
does
make
it
safer
permits,
allow
us
to
protect
individual
troops
and
the
entire
city
collectively
as
a
coup
in
situations
like
that,
for,
in
conjunction
with
the
emergency
operations
department
in
the
city,
we
monitor
for
situations
that
would
negatively
impact
our
communities
and
their
animals
and
act
to
ensure
the
residents
are
kept
up
to
date
with
information
that
can
help
them
protect
their
flocks.
Let
me
give
you
an
example:
early
on
in
the
outbreak
max
sent
letters
to
multi
in
multiple
languages
to
known
coupe
owners.
D
These
were
people
who
had
permits
to
ensure
that
they
had
accurate
information.
They
weren't
just
getting
their
information
off
of
facebook
or
or
other
places
that
may
not
be
as
accurate
and
and
on
what
to
look
for
in
avian
flu,
what
it
was,
how
to
protect
their
flock,
what
the
signs
were
in
their
sick
birds
and
what
to
do
if
they
suspected
their
birds
were
sick.
Our
unregistered
troops
did
not
get
this
information
and
therefore
they
were
and
continue
to
be,
more
risk
or
their
birds
did
for
getting
this
disease
further.
D
The
coop
requirements
that
we
have
in
the
city
for
our
permitting
system
are
specifically
geared
and
designed
to
ensure
the
health
and
safety
of
the
birds
and
the
people
living
around
those
birds.
Unregistered
coupes
may
not
be
properly
built
or
managed,
causing
significant
risks
to
health
and
safety
in
our
communities.
A
D
The
permit
requires
specific
regulations
be
met
to
ensure
biosecurity,
animal
safety,
proper
care
and
protection
or
proper
care
to
protect
the
health
and
welfare
of
the
community.
We
issue
our
permits
in
four
different
ways:
we
have
a
three-tier
system,
so
if
you
have
one
to
six
hens,
there's
a
tier
tier
one.
Tier
two
is
fifteen
up
to
15
hens
and
tier
3
is
up
to
30
hens
and
in
the
city
of
minneapolis.
D
D
D
You
know
how
the
coop
is
secured,
so
that
wildlife
can't
can't
get
in
the
coop
or
unwanted
visitors
which,
in
other
biosecurity
type,
things
that
are
required,
there's
a
lot
to
go
into,
but
they
that's
part
of
why
we
do
the
education
piece,
but
it's
well
worth
it,
and
we
have
some
really
really
good
foul
experts
in
our
division
that
will
walk
people
through
and
and
and
partner
with
them
to
to
help
them
get
into
compliance
with
the
city
permitting
requirements
and
help
them
be
live
safely
with
it
with
their
chickens
in
the
city.
C
A
My
last
question
is,
for
the
three
of
you
all
together,
feel
free
to
jump
in
and
share
your
information.
Where
can
people
if
I
am
or
someone
else
or
listen
to
one
of
the
listeners
in
the
city
of
minneapolis,
if
they're
interested
to
get
more
information
on
what
caroline,
what
you
are
doing,
what
dr
voss
is
doing,
what
abby
is
doing?
Where
can
they
find
you?
A
You
know
online
or
phone
number
or
what
page,
what
information
you
know
that
you
have
that
they
could
get
connected
to
you.
So
what
can
I?
What
can
I?
What
can
people
get
in
for
more
information
about
the
work
that
you
are
doing,
nate
bail
and
this
is.
D
I
can
jump
in
first
for
the
city,
you
can
go
to
our
city
website
and
look
for
animals
or
pets,
and
that's
where
you
can
find
information
about
the
work
that
minneapolis
animal
care
control
does.
If
you're
interested
in
learning
more
about
a
permit
and
you'd
like
to
speak
to
someone
specifically,
you
can
contact
3-1-1
and
just
put
in
a
request
for
someone
to
contact
you
back
regarding
a
foul
permit.
D
B
University
of
minnesota
has
a
lot
of
resources
for
you
specifically
do
about
avian
influenza.
We've
been
partnering
with
the
board
of
animal
health,
and
most
of
that
information
is
right
now
on
the
board
of
animal
health's
website,
and
that
website
address
is
b-a-h
for
board
of
animal
health,
so
bah.state.
B
B
B
B
So
my
apologies
and
of
course,
if
you
have
other
questions
such
as
food
safety
concerns
with
your
poultry
products,
you
can
call
the
minnesota
department
of
agriculture,
their
dairy
and
food
inspection
department
is
always
going
to
be
very
helpful
for
consumers
and
for
those
of
you
that
have
animals
that
you
are
raising
for
consumption
and
their
phone
number
is
651-201-6027.
B
Their
role
is
really
going
to
be
important,
especially
if
it
is
an
illness
that
was
caused
by
an
animal
and
we
they
can
help
you
through
those
processes
of
recovery
and
making
sure
that
you
can
minimize
anybody
else
getting
sick
from
contact
from
those
animals.
So
sean.
E
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
back
up
what
abby
says
and
the
minnesota
board
of
animal
health
works
very
closely
with
the
minnesota
department
of
health
when
we
respond
to
diseases
that
have
the
potential
to
potentially
impact
people,
and
so
they
are
an
ally
and
a
good
advocate
for
us
and
for
your
birds
as
well.
E
A
Thank
you
so
much
to
caroline
hairfield
from
the
city
of
minneapolis,
animal
care
and
control
and
awesome.
Colleagues.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
the
weather,
you
do
doctor
shauna
boss,
the
work
that
you
and
the
minnesota
board
of
animal
health,
the
abbey
university
minnesota
extension
program.
All
of
the
work
that
you
guys
are
doing
to
help
make
all
of
our
residents
safe
in
our
community
in
the
hmong
community,
specifically
chickens
and
rooster,
plays
a
really
important
role
in
our
culture
and
religion.
A
A
lot
of
people
raise
it
for
different
reason,
but
the
majorities
are.
It
plays
a
spiritual
calling
in
our
culture
and
religion.
So
thank
you
for
all
of
the
wonderful
work
that
you
do
and
the
informations
that
you
are
provided
today.
It's
very
very
important
to
our
community.
On
behalf
of
the
hmong
community,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
please
continue
to
work
to
make
us
safe
great
beautiful
day
outside
we're
at
two
minutes.
A
So
any
last
comment:
please
feel
free
to
share
with
us
our
children
failing
dr
voss,
caroline
gabby,.
D
D
Are
to
be
able
to
serve
this
community
at
minneapolis
animal
care
and
control,
our
staff,
really
love
partnering
with
the
community
and
helping
good
helping
them,
have
good
things
happen
with
their
animals.
So,
and
thank
you
to
our
colleagues
at
the
board
of
animal
health
and
the
university
of
minnesota.