Avian flu Q&A set for tonight at Sequim Prairie Grange

WSU Extension will be holding a question-and-answer-session with Alan Huddleston, public information officer for the USDA response team for the avian influenza incident.

January 26, 2015 1:31 pm

WSU Extension will be holding a question-and-answer-session with Alan Huddleston, public information officer for the USDA response team for the avian influenza incident, from 5-6:30 p.m. tonight, Monday, Jan. 26, at Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 MacLeay Road, Sequim.

Get your questions about the Avian flu in Clallam County answered.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has activated a multi-agency response plan following the confirmation of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza in domestic birds in the Agnew area of Clallam County.

WSDA is working closely with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service in this response.

Movement restrictions have been placed on poultry and poultry products in a designated quarantine zone.

Emergency Rule language establishing the quarantine conditions can be found here.

Check out WSDA’s interactive map here to find out if you are in the quarantine zone.