In this episode, we are talking with Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo from UC Davis about their new Gamefowl Wellness Program, which is designed to help backyard breeder, specially, breeders of American Games, to raise and breed healthier birds, and to protect their birds from future outbreaks of Newcastle’s Disease. There’s a lot of good information packed into this episode that I know you will not want to miss.
I want to thank Dr. Gallardo for coming on the show. He’s here to share with us a new program – “The Gamefowl Wellness Program.” I found this extremely fascinating, and I know you will too.
Today’s topics:
- What’s involved with a program like this? (What does this program entail?)
- What kind of educational topics will be presented as part of the program?
- How will individuals participate in the program?
- What kind of information will you be providing at the October 1st meeting?
Introduction meeting: October 1st at 6pm
I also asked Dr. Gallardo questions, such as:
- What are the benefits of vaccination? – Especially for Newcastle’s disease?
- Is this an all in or nothing plan? In other words, does everyone need to do this?
- And, what if some breeders decide to opt out?
- How effective are the vaccinations for Newcastle’s Disease?
- What are the consequences of doing this wrong?
- How is this going to affect our “neighbors” or “nearby states?”
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- If they don’t vaccinate?
- Shipping outside of California?
- Shipping into California?
- Permits or regulations for shipping?
- Does this have the potential to restart the spread of Newcastle’s?
- What if they decided to stop vaccinating?
- The importance of practicing proper biosecurity, and can poor biosecurity limit this program’s success?
How else can our listeners gain more information or ask questions?
- UC Davis poultry health website: www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/poultry-health
- UC Davis poultry health website (Spanish): www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/poultry-health-sp
- Contact email: poultry@ucdavis.edu
Our guest: Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo
Associate Professor and Associate Professor in Residence
Department of Population Health & Reproduction
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Here is information taken directly from the UC Davis website:
New Gamefowl Wellness program for your birds!
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- A gamefowl wellness program will be designed to address education, outreach and surveillance in game bird flocks. Scientific terminology will be broken down in a practical message to keep owners educated and engaged.
- By paying a small program fee, participants will be trained on educational topics including immune response basics, breeding, animal welfare, behavior, nutrition, disease detection and prevention, management practices, biosecurity, euthanasia and proper disposal, vaccination technique, egg incubation, and prevention of loose birds in neighborhoods.
- Focus group meetings and training events will be hosted with experts from UC Davis and the CAHEN program from the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA).
- The program will provide training to breeders on proper administration and justification of Newcastle disease vaccine use.
- All Personally Identifiable Information of participants will be maintained and administered by UC Davis.
Next program training: October 1st at 6 p.m. (PST) virtually via Zoom
Access this Zoom meeting here: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95449609418
For additional information, please contact poultry@ucdavis.edu.
Poultry website: https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/poultry-health
Oct. 1 Zoom link (6pm): https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95449609418
Meeting ID: 954 4960 9418
Here is our new page on Facebook (still a work in progress!): UC Davis Gamefowl Wellness Program
