Abstract
Live bird markets (LBM) are essential for marketing poultry in many developing countries, and they are a preferred place for many people to purchase poultry for consumption throughout the world. Live bird markets are typically urban and have a permanent structure in which birds can be housed until they are sold. Live bird markets bring together a mixture of bird species that meet the preferences of their customers and that are commonly produced by multiple suppliers. The mixture of species, the lack of all-in-all-out management, and multiple suppliers are all features that make LBM potential sources of avian influenza viruses (AIV), especially for their supply flocks. Live bird markets have been linked to many outbreaks of avian influenza internationally and in the United States. Avian influenza virus is endemic in many, but not all, LBM systems. For instance, AIV has not been isolated from the Southern California LBM system since December 2005, although the risk of new introductions remains. The California LBM system is much smaller than the New York system, handles fewer birds, and has fewer bird suppliers, which, combined with recent avian influenza prevention and control plans, have enabled it to be AIV free for nearly 3 yr.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 856-859 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Poultry science |
Volume | 88 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2009 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The California studies reviewed in this manuscript were supported by the Avian Influenza Coordinated Agricultural Project, USDA-Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service grant 2005-35605-15388, “The Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in the United States.”
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Avian influenza
- Epidemiology
- Live bird market
- Poultry
- Transmission