The Georgia Poultry Federation has initiated a targeted campaign educating poultry farmers about this fall’s impending risks of avian influenza (AI) and the biosecurity measures that can be used to prevent it. To date, the AI campaign has been embraced statewide by Georgia’s poultry companies and growers.
“What we’re doing is not scare tactics,” says Mike Giles, president of the Georgia Poultry Federation. “There is a very real risk of poultry farms being infected as wild birds begin their migratory flights down south with colder weather.”