Poultry Extension Notes
Gregory P. Martin, Ph.D., P.A.S.* Extension Poultry Agent   gpm10@psu.edu Blog Dr. Martin - see his blog on Blogspot

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Egg Food Safety Information

FDA Egg Safety Final Rule site, with federal register (the rule) citation , and an overview of the program (pdf).

Statement from Dr's Dunn and Patterson regarding the recall (PDF)

Center for Disease Control (CDC) Guidelines for SE risk reduction

PSU Live Article on PA Egg Quality Assurance Program (PEQAP) with Dr. Patterson

The Egg Safety Center

Salmonella - the CDC

American Egg Board - Info for consumers and producers.

 IPM For Poultry

House Fly Monitoring Programs (vector control) for FDA and other HACCP programs

Handling Animal Manure for Crop Spreading - Fly Control & IPM

Excel Spreadsheet for Fly and Rodent indexing (revised) that automatically creates graphs to trace control trends (4MB)

Rodent Indexing for Poultry Safety Programs (revised)

Evaluation of Manure prior to Spreading - A Best Management Practice

A Speck Card Count Sheet for IPM Scouting

Farm IPM Check-List

Darkling Beetles: IPM Considerations Notes from the SWAT team

Residential IPM Tips for House Flies Notes from the SWAT team

Scouting Guide for Farms

Workshop Materials for FLY CAMP

Poultry Biosecurity

   Checklist: Core Fundamentals for Poultry Biosecurity

 Visiting Poultry Facilities; Biosecurity Precautions to Consider

  A Visitor's Logsheet for Farm or Traveler

Farm Biosecurity Plan Template (word document)

Avian Flu news and notices

GOOGLE^tm News search for the latest news on Avian Flu. .

Flu Guidance from Health and Human Services: FLU.GOV

News Releases From the PA Department of Agriculture.

Penn State Biosecurity Page - Avian Influenza

News Feeds from USDA are listed on their news server

World Health Organization (WHO) Website regarding Avian Flu providing world situational updates.

PA Emergency Preparedness Guide (pdf)

Other Offerings

  Sales and Service Presentation: Managing Evaporative Cooling Systems

PSU Ag Science News (reprint): Egg-production practices meet consumer demand, maintain hen well-being

A Check List for Composting Mortality on the Farm

Using Built Up Litter: A workshop for Produers: Presentations  Presented by Robert Owen, DVM (UPENN) and Gregory Martin, (PSCE)

EPA Reporting for Larger Poultry Farms

Animal Welfare & Care

Links to useful sites regarding the Care and Welfare of Production Livestock

Animal Response Teams

Lancaster CART Team Website

PA State Animal Response Team (PASART)

Other Poultry Guides

• Fact Sheet: Water Needs for Poultry - Are you Prepared?
• Notes: Exotic Newcastle Disease (republished from LCPA newsletter)
• Notes: Using the Palm Pilot Successfully for Productivity in the Workforce
  

Other Recent County Offerings

For Additional Information, See :

• The Penn State Poultry Science Dept.
• PSU Poultry Extension WWW Site
• Penn State Extension

National 4-H Embryology Web site PA Poultry 4-H Website

For Further information Contact Me At:

Voice:  717 394-6851
 Fax: 717 394-3962
gpm10@psu.edu
 

Gregory P. Martin, Ph.D., P.A.S.* Extension Poultry Agent - Southeast Region, serving all counties of the region.

Dr. Martin is a Proud Supporter of Ag & Science Educational Opportunities for all Youth

Last modified: June 6, 2017 . Thank You!