USDA Completes Environmental Assessment to Allow Field Testing of Poultry Vaccine for Three Diseases

The following Federal Register Notice was published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on Feb. 21, 2019. It is reproduced in full below.

Summary:The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making an environmental assessment available for public review and comment. This EA covers the environmental impacts of field testing a new vaccine to protect poultry chicks against Marek’s disease, Newcastle disease and bursal disease. This field test is needed prior to requesting licensing for the vaccine.

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service