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Who to Contact in Case of Poultry Issues:

CAHFS: 530-752-7578 California Animal Health & Food Safety Laboratory System CAHFS website CDFA and USDA Sick Bird Hotline: 1-866-922-2473 California Department of Food and Agriculture CDFA website CAPE (UC Davis): 530-752-1393 Companion Exotic Animal Medicine & Surgery Service CAPE website UCANR: U...
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Newsletter

Current Edition Ed 36 Fall 2024 All Editions of Poultry Ponderings: Ed 35 Summer 2024 Ed 34 Spring 2024 Ed 33 Winter 2024 Ed 32 Fall 2023 Ed 31 Summer 2023 Ed 30 Spring 2023 Ed 29 Winter 2023 Ed 28 Fall 2022 Ed 27 Summer 2022 Ed 26 Spring 2022 Ed 25 Winter 2022 Ed 24 Fall 2021 Ed 23 Spring 2021 Ed 2...
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Backyard Poultry

The Basics Chick Care Feeding Your Birds Diseases Eggs Special Topics The California Animal Health and Food Safety laboratories provide necropsy and other testing services for poultry owners. Click here to view their necropsy submission guidelines or here to learn more about their other services.
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Large Commercial Poultry

CDFA Avian Health Program Egg Safety and Quality California Poultry Federation Pacific Egg and Poultry Association National Chicken Council...
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Common Avian Diseases

RoadmapRespiratory DiseasesSkin/Integument DiseasesGastrointestinal DiseasesReproductive DiseasesLocomotor DiseasesZoonotic DiseasesAdditional Resources Respiratory DiseasesAvian InfluenzaCDFA updatesCDC updates and additional informationAvian Influenza, A Disease Most Fowl (CW-UCD)Preparing…
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Events

Subscribe to our YouTube channel at @ucdpiteskylab to access our past workshops. We will upload our videos there from now on.
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Food Safety

Click here to check out resources for food safety during COVID-19. The National Poultry Improvement Plan was established in the early 1930's to provide a cooperative industry, state, and federal program for the improvement of poultry and poultry products throughout the country.
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Black Soldier Fly Larvae Chicken Feed Supplement Study

Maurice Pitesky, UC Cooperative Extension poultry specialist with UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, Deb Niemeier professor from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Jean VanderGheynst professor in the Department of Biological Agricu...
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Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Program Workshops

Thank you for your interest in our beginning farmer workshops! At these workshops, we will have talks, hands-on laboratories, and local farm tours. Each workshop will be unique, and will feature experts in the field and local farmers leading conversations about husbandry, preventative practices, coop design,…
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Backyard Chicken Egg Study

For currently available testing, please refer to the California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab (CAHFS) website for submission fees, options and guidelines. For toxicology-related questions, please feel free to contact Assistant Professor of Agricultural Toxicity Dr.
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