This $999,374 federal Project Grant award, issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) program, supports a comprehensive evaluation of the relationships between on-farm and off-farm risk factors for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in commercial poultry facilities. The project aims to combine an agent-based model for predicting HPAI risk from waterfowl with standardized biosecurity scoring to develop an intuitive, accessible risk assessment tool. This tool will be integrated into the existing Waterfowl Alert Network web platform to guide implementation of comprehensive biosecurity plans and prevent HPAI outbreaks at the farm, company, and regional levels. The project is led by the University of California, Davis and will be conducted over a 4-year period from Mar 2025 to Mar 2029.
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