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THE PURPOSES OF THE 2022-23 KENTUCKY POULTRY FEDERATION – AVIAN HEALTH/NATIONAL POULTRY IMPROVEMENT PLAN (NPIP) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT INCLUDE:CONTRIBUTION TO SURVEILLANCE TESTING FOR EARLY DETECTION OF NOTIFIABLE(H5/H7 NAI SUBTYPES) AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) IN KENTUCKY COMMERCIAL BREEDERAND BROILER FLOCKS; ENSURING THAT KENTUCKY COMMERCIAL POULTRY NPIPPARTICIPANTS ARE ADHERING TO PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR NPIP; CONTINUINGTO REFINE, UPDATE AS NECESSARY AND EXERCISE KENTUCKY’S LOW PATHOGENICAVIAN INFLUENZA (LPAI) INITIAL STATE RESPONSE AND CONTAINMENT PLAN(ISRCP); AND OTHERWISE MAINTAINING PREPAREDNESS FOR AN AI OUTBREAKAFFECTING KENTUCKY’S COMMERCIAL POULTRY PRODUCTION UNITS. : RECIPIENTWILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO COMMERCIAL POULTRY PRODUCERS TO PARTIALLY OFFSETCOSTS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA TESTING PERFORMED BY KENTUCKY NATIONAL ANIMALHEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK (NAHLN) LABS. THE RECIPIENT WILL COMPILE DATAAND MAINTAIN A COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE OF ALL SURVEILLANCE TESTINGCONDUCTED BY COMMERCIAL UNITSIN KENTUCKY. THE RECIPIENT WILL ALSO PROCESS, ENTER, AND MAINTAIN DATA INVOLVING COMMERCIAL POULTRY MOVEMENTS (ESPECIALLY MOVEMENT INTO THE STATE). THE RECIPIENT WILLPERFORM THE REQUIRED FACILITY INSPECTIONS, RECORDS INSPECTIONS, ANDAUDITS TO ENSURE THAT COMMERCIAL NPIP PARTICIPANTS ARE ADHERING TO ANDMEETING NPIP REQUIREMENTS FOR SANITATION, BIOSECURITY, DISEASESURVEILLANCE, RECORDKEEPING AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE NPIP REQUIREMENTS.SPECIFIC TO DISEASE OUTBREAK PREPAREDNESS, THE RECIPIENT WILL WORK WITHTHE KIFCO COMPANY TO FACILITATE MAINTENANCE OF AND TRAINING IN USE OFTHE RECIPIENT’S DEPOPULATION FOAM MACHINES. THE RECIPIENT WILL ALSOCONDUCT A REVIEW OF KENTUCKY’S LPAI ISRCP WITH THE KENTUCKY POULTRYHEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PHAC) FOLLOWING THE TABLETOP EXERCISE PLANNEDFOR MARCH 2022. THESE INCLUDE: CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NPIP LPAIH5/H7 MONITORED PROGRAM AND THE AVIAN INFLUENZA CLEAN PROGRAM FORCOMMERCIAL OPERATIONS; SUMMARIES OF AI SURVEILLANCE TESTING CONDUCTED;SUMMARIES OF FACILITY INSPECTIONS AND AUDITS PERFORMED; OPPORTUNITIESFOR INDUSTRY, KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, KPF, STATE NAHLN LABSAND USDA TO COMMUNICATE AND ADDRESS COMMON DISEASE CONCERNS; A RELEVANT,APPROVED, AND EXERCISED LPAI ISRCP; OTHER DISEASE RESPONSE PREPARATIONS(MAPPING, MOUS, PERMITTING FOR LPAI INCIDENTS, SUBMISSION FORMS, ETC.). PARTIALLY SUBSIDIZED TESTING AT KENTUCKY NAHLN LABS ALLOWS THESE LABSTO MAINTAIN THEIR TESTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROFICIENCY FOR AVIANDISEASE (AI) TESTING. THIS ALLOWS THE KENTUCKY LABS TO OFFER TESTINGTHAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE AVAILABLE, FOR NON-COMMERCIAL KENTUCKYPOULTRY PRODUCERS. THIS CAPABILITY ALSO ALLOWS THE KENTUCKY NAHLN LABSTO SERVE IN A “SURGE” CAPACITY IN THE EVENT OF A LARGE POULTRY DISEASEOUTBREAK WITHIN THE STATE. ADMINISTRATION OF THE NPIP BY THE RECIPIENTPROVIDES A HUGE BENEFIT TO KENTUCKY’S COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY, AS WELL ASNON-COMMERCIAL PRODUCERS BY PROVIDING WELL ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES ANDMEASURES TO ELIMINATE OR MANAGE PRODUCTION DISEASES THAT GREATLY IMPACTPRODUCTION EFFICIENCY AND EVEN CONSUMER (HUMAN) HEALTH. SIMILARLY, THERECIPIENT’S CONTRIBUTION TO DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND EXERCISE OFKENTUCKY’S LPAI ISRCP BENEFITS COMMERCIAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL PRODUCERSIN KENTUCKY OR ADJACENT STATES BY HAVING AN EFFECTIVE, WELL THOUGHT-OUTRESPONSE PLAN TO MITIGATE AN H5/H7 LPAI OUTBREAK. : THE RECIPIENT HASINCLUDED A SUBAWARD IN ITS WORK PLAN TO REIMBURSE KIFCO (HAVANA, IL) FORROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THE RECIPIENT’S TWO FOAMING UNITS, WHICH AREMANUFACTURED BY KIFCO AND THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR DEPOPULATION EFFORTS INCOMMERCIAL BROILER OPERATIONS IN THE EVENT OF AN AI DISEASE OUTBREAK.THIS SUBAWARD ALSO PROVIDES FOR TRAINING OF KPF AND OTHER KEY PERSONNELON OPERATION OF FOAMING UNITS FOR COMMERCIAL POULTRY DEPOPULATIONS.
