The 2024 iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship highly pathogenic avian influenza emergency cooperative agreement funding will contribute to payment for unexpected costs arising from…

The 2024 iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship highly pathogenic avian influenza emergency cooperative agreement funding will contribute to payment for unexpected costs arising from the disease response to the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in iowa that began in may 2024. These costs included state responder overtime, personnel travel and lodging expenses, personal protection equipment and other disposable disease response supplies, supplies and equipment to respond. Activities to be performed - activities performed by iowa responders include issuance and notification of state's quarantines; disease surveillance in control areas and surveillance zones; monitoring of biosecurity on infected premises; monitoring of euthanasia of infected poultry and disposal of carcasses; monitoring of cleaning and disinfection of infected premises; approval of permits for movement of feed, supplies and products into or out of control areas; stakeholder outreach; response to sick bird calls; environmental sampling; real time reporting of disease response status; data entry and incident document management. Deliverables and expected outcomes - cooperator activities will facilitate a timely return to normal poultry production and or trade within the state and with other state trading partners to the extent possible under the circumstances; encourages and monitors robust biosecurity of production facilities to minimize further transmission of hpai; facilitates return to production by infected premises at the earliest possible opportunity; maintains outreach and education to stakeholders and consumers; and maintains hpai surveillance and investigation of suspicious sick bird calls to allow earliest detection should hpai RE-emerge or be RE-introduced. Intended beneficiaries - rapid and effective response to hpai outbreak in iowa minimizes further transmission of disease to other premises and minimizes the impact, to the extent possible, to agriculture trade within iowa and with other states. This benefits the iowa poultry industry, as well as consumers, who continue to have access to poultry and poultry products produced within the state. Subrecipient activities - not applicable