Abstract
How do you achieve early detection and control of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in household chicken flocks where mortality is high due to endemic diseases such as Newcastle disease? How do you encourage poultry producers to report disease outbreaks after widespread culling of HPAI-infected flocks without compensation?
In many places, an apology to producers might be a good first move, however unlikely to eventuate. The next step is engaging with family poultry producers of all genders in a process that weaves HPAI control into a systems-oriented approach to improve overall poultry health and production. Family poultry producers and the public and private poultry health and production systems that should support them, are dealing with converging risks. It is no longer feasible to address risks one by one. We need a multi-hazard, One Health approach that facilitates household food and nutrition security, secure livelihoods, climate resilience, and health security. For households raising family poultry, this will include: identifying poultry with genetics adapted to local agro-ecosystems; poultry feed systems minimising food-feed competition; effective, timely control of endemic vaccine-preventable poultry diseases; reliable access to markets that are both safe and equitable; and negotiated disease outbreak containment agreements. Bangladesh Public Health colleagues, on learning of high mortality in and low vaccination rates of poultry and other livestock in Bangladesh, indicated a willingness to contribute to cold chain training, exploring a One Health approach to cold chains and receiving regular updates on vaccination rates in animals to support zoonotic disease control and household nutrition.
In many places, an apology to producers might be a good first move, however unlikely to eventuate. The next step is engaging with family poultry producers of all genders in a process that weaves HPAI control into a systems-oriented approach to improve overall poultry health and production. Family poultry producers and the public and private poultry health and production systems that should support them, are dealing with converging risks. It is no longer feasible to address risks one by one. We need a multi-hazard, One Health approach that facilitates household food and nutrition security, secure livelihoods, climate resilience, and health security. For households raising family poultry, this will include: identifying poultry with genetics adapted to local agro-ecosystems; poultry feed systems minimising food-feed competition; effective, timely control of endemic vaccine-preventable poultry diseases; reliable access to markets that are both safe and equitable; and negotiated disease outbreak containment agreements. Bangladesh Public Health colleagues, on learning of high mortality in and low vaccination rates of poultry and other livestock in Bangladesh, indicated a willingness to contribute to cold chain training, exploring a One Health approach to cold chains and receiving regular updates on vaccination rates in animals to support zoonotic disease control and household nutrition.
Co-Author(s)
Robyn Alders (1) and Md Ahasanul Hoque (2)
1. Development Policy Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia;
2. One Health Institute, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chattogram, Bangladesh.
Abstract Category
Biosecurity, mitigation, control, and post-epidemic considerations in poultry