October 01, 2022
USDA APHIS has confirmed an outbreak of HPAI on a gamebird farm in York County in Eastern Nebraska....
Continue ReadingAugust 11, 2022
A Note From NAGA: It’s long been thought that avian influenza isn’t a concern during the summer when the temperatures are higher. We’re now learning that’s not always the case. NAGA has been encouraging hunting preserves and gamebird producers to be prepared, even during the summer months, by ensuring biosecurity plans are in place and,...
Continue ReadingOctober 01, 2019
Virulent Newcastle disease viruses from chicken origin are more pathogenic and transmissible to chickens than viruses normally maintained in wild birds. Research led by scientists from the Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory in Athens, Georgia, US, looked at 5 virulent Newcastle Disease virus (vNDV) isolates of different genotypes from different host species. They were evaluated for...
Continue ReadingJuly 12, 2019
Summary of USDA Meetings April 2019 in Maryland and Washington DC By Todd Laudenslager, Mahantongo Game Farms In April, I was asked to attend two important USDA meetings on behalf of the NAGA, as well as report back on them to the membership. The first meeting was held on April 17, 2019, at the APHIS...
Continue ReadingJune 07, 2019
Gene editing may be able to help control the avian influenza virus in the future, according to the results of newly released research....
Continue ReadingJanuary 24, 2019
USDA has agreed and will conduct a web conference that will allow those in the gamebird business to hear a status update from the government, and then be free to ask questions in an environment that is only folks in the gamebird industry. This is a must attend for people who make their living hatching, raising, or selling gamebirds along with those who operate hunting preserves. There will be 225 lines available for your members. Here is connecting information from USDA:...
Continue ReadingJune 02, 2016
With an annual capacity approaching 100,000 tons, the Glencoe plant features the industry’s latest developments in safety, quality and efficiency....
January 12, 2016
Having the opportunity to hunt and access to hunting land are two of the most critical components to the retention of both new and existing hunters....
April 28, 2015
Despite major efforts by poultry facilities in the central United States, incidents of highly pathogenic influenza continue to be confirmed....
April 28, 2015
The Health Committee of the North American Gamebird Association has been meeting each week to exchange and provide information on the latest outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H2N5)....