Outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in parts of the U.S. have brought some exports to a halt but pork officials say other animal diseases would mean a dead stop for their industry.
Chief Veterinarian Patrick Webb with the National Pork Board tells Brownfield the poultry industry has battled H5N1 before and has been able to minimize its impact to ag exports.
“They have a lot of the tools that they need—the National Poultry Improvement Plan and other tools—that allow them to quickly regionalize and then it becomes what the importing country wants,” he explains.
