Provide monitoring and surveillance for notifiable avian influenza (NAI) in iowa to quickly diagnose, control, and prevent the spread of all H5 and H7 NAI subtypes which might occur in the state

Activities to be performed: the recipient will contract with iowa state university veterinary diagnostic laboratory to test samples submitted by poultry producers for avian influenza. Funding will support the following needs; shipping of high risk testing kits 10 PCR, 10 EGG yolk - $200. Iowa poultry emergency disease response and containment plan committee meetings and resulting efforts on behalf of the committee and state: statewide poultry disease table-top exercise to be carried out, as required per code of federal regulations (CFR); funds will be used to help cover a portion of the costs of meals, materials and facility rental for approximately 50 attendees - $300. (these efforts are detailed in the financial plan under 'supplies' and 'other' sections.) $200 in funding for printing and mailing of general office supplies for national poultry improvement plan (npip) renewals and biosecurity materials. $175 to maintain a 3-day supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for biosecurity consultations, $1200 for shipping and purchasing PPE kits for high-risk flocks. $600 for the purchase of antigen capture immunoassay (acia) respiratory screening kits for high-risk flocks. $4,500 is requested for biosecurity print materials, including an updated iowa exhibition testing booklet. $500 of requested funds will be used for highly pathogenic avian influenza (hpai) blood testing training supplies including biosecurity training materials, brain heart infusion (BHI), swabs and appropriate storage/shipping containers of samples. $8,300 $1000 for 1 avian influenza veterinarian training workshops.$1,000 for a backyard biosecurity training workshop for sub-part e and j producers as well as non-npip hobbyists. Registration fees for various industry events are also included in this section. $100 for the npip biennial, $75 for two united EGG producers (UEP) meetings, $25 for profitability, experience, advancement, and knowledge (peak)/midwest poultry federation (MPF) registration, $50 for north central avian disease conference (ncadc) registration, $50 EGG industry center (EIC) issues forum. Travel funds will be used to send personnel, such as the executive director and OSA, to attend the following out-of-state industry meetings: npip bienni AL in salt lake city--$1,125, 2 united EGG producers (UEP) annual meetings in atlanta and new orleans--$750.00, peak/MPF for one attendee--$260.00, npip informal stakeholder meeting in atlanta, GA--$806, travel funds will be used (but are not limited to) to send the npip director and/or coordinator, to attend industry meetings such as the iowa state university (ISU) EGG symposium, idals FAD meetings, united EGG producers (UEP) regional meeting, and various producer/stakeholder hpai/low pathogenic avian influenza (lpai), npip, and biosecurity focused meetings. We anticipate an average of 10 meetings annually *100 miles*.725/mile*2 attendees - $1450. DE liverables and expected outcomes: the goals of the award are to accomplish necessary surveillance of poultry in iowa for NAI by conducting 13,850 tests for avian influenza. A statewide poultry disease exercise will be carried out, as required per CFR for the init IAL state response and control plan. The recipient will report active surveillance testing metrics quarterly directly into the data integration services (DIS) system for avian surveillance. Statewide poultry disease exercise to be carried out, as required per CFR; funds will be used to help cover costs of meals, materials and facility rental - $300. Intended beneficiary(IES): approximately 45 million iowa laying hens, 10 million commercial turkeys, 100,000 commercial broilers and various backyard and hobby flocks will benefit by quickly identifying and responding to any incursions of NAI. Consumers of poultry will benefit if flocks are able to maintain a high level of production without NAI affecting their flocks. The general public will benefit from reduced avian influenza in commercial poultry flocks. Subrecipient activities, if known or specified at the time of award: a subaward will be provided to iowa state university to conduct the testing of samples for avian influenza. Budget: recipient personnel-- $26,500; recipient travel in and out of state to attend meetings and relevant conferences-- $7,391; supplies-- $7,475; contractual including lab testing-- $56,350.