(ARPIS) Egg Import Syndicate - from UK to Australia

LayMore · **Joined:** Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:58 am **Posts:** 1

poor chooks and so close to being released omg so close but yet sooooooo far.

I little prayer for them tomorrow

showsilkies · **Joined:** Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:16 am **Posts:** 1

Sad day

RIP little chooks

So does this mean the 2015 import is history also?

HBG · **Joined:** Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:45 pm **Posts:** 176

Yep not good at all but they have to do what they have to do :-?

HBG

Tebbys · **Joined:** Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:26 am **Posts:** 1

Even if there was a petition and it had 10,000 or 20,000 which will never happen I also doubt it will change the situation they new the risks going in so deal with it

brucehill · **Joined:** Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:35 pm **Posts:** 2

Have no fear folks, these birds are being destroyed because one chick testing positive to salmonella .... Huge risk considering it is already carried by a large proportion of our native animals animals and more backyard flocks in Australia than most would know...... But I guess it is a convenient excuse . I hope they start the native animal cull as soon as possible , can't have those diseased vermin running around infecting commercial poultry ! conf665

FowlMan · **Posted:** Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:45 am

brucehill wrote:

Have no fear folks, these birds are being destroyed because one chick testing positive to salmonella .... Huge risk considering it is already carried by a large proportion of our native animals animals and more backyard flocks in Australia than most would know...... But I guess it is a convenient excuse . I hope they start the native animal cull as soon as possible , can't have those diseased vermin running around infecting commercial poultry ! conf665

Bruce I see its your first post in 3 years, nice.

So Bruce tell us about the exact strain of salmonella that was detected and some links to that exact strain please. Also some link to info to backup your claim our native animals have the exact same strain already. Look forward to reading all this info

Thanks

P_Edwards · **Joined:** Thu Sep 29, 2011 9:50 am **Posts:** 71403

brucehill wrote:

Have no fear folks, these birds are being destroyed because one chick testing positive to salmonella .... Huge risk considering it is already carried by a large proportion of our native animals animals and more backyard flocks in Australia than most would know...... But I guess it is a convenient excuse . I hope they start the native animal cull as soon as possible , can't have those diseased vermin running around infecting commercial poultry ! conf665

Wow BIG statement can you back that up Bruce??????

BennyM · **Joined:** Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:11 am **Posts:** 1

Avian salmonellosis is an important disease causing serious impediment to the development
of poultry industry especially in developing countries of Asia and Africa. Since no “effective”
immunoprophylactic measures are available for the disease till date, strict biosecurity is the
only alternative to preclude the disease.

http://www.apjtb.com/zz/20136/14.pdf

For those who trivialize the seriousness of this disease. I hope you learn something and park the emotions at the door.

VAL44 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:17 am **Posts:** 1

My god thats a lot of money to loose, sorry to read its ended all so badly

brucehill · **Joined:** Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:35 pm **Posts:** 2

Fowl man :
I do not know what strain of salmonella was involved so I did jump the gun a little, however; native animals do regularly carry more than one strain
Of this disease - I know this through expoSure through the dairy industry- two seperate cases one being transmitted through possum urine and faeces and the other through wild waterfowl polluting a water supply . Both virulent strains that killed livestock. for obvious reasons I will not name farms. There was another form of this disease carried through sparrows in Hobart Tasmania a year or so ago -google sparrow disease Hobart...
I don't have the reference material here but I believe avian pulorum disease was tested for in qld for quite a few years .
As a country we have a large migratory bird population - a lot of which spends time on those developing countries mentioned in that article just posted.
It would be fanciful to think these diseases are not already here.
I was not advocating we laugh it off but merely highlighting an overreaction to this result considering the facts we have on hand .. Ie. one bird weeks ago positive and the rest of the 4000 birds healthy with tests over the weeks since all negative. Whatever strain is , it is not acting like a virulent one. Test out .
You are right how however lacking specifics I will retract my previous post and you may delete it.
Ps. I have no stake In this project .

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