Today, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection launched a new webpage for event organizers as they prepare for upcoming events and emphasize biosecurity.

Access the new DATCP webpage for event organizers.

These resources will be helpful as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) has now confirmed the presence of HPAI (H5N1) in more than 50 dairy herds in Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas. Access the full list of H5N1 detections in livestock.

As a reminder, DATCP regularly updates the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Dairy Cattle webpage with resources on biosecurity and movement. Producers should continue to enhance their biosecurity efforts and monitor and control disease in their herds and flocks. DATCP is closely monitoring HPAI (H5N1) in dairy cattle and continues to encourage producers that notice unusual clinical signs in their cattle to work with their herd veterinarian.

Additionally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requested that state health departments make personal protective equipment (PPE) available to dairy farm, poultry farm, dairy processing plant, and slaughterhouse workers.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is encouraging those who work with animals or materials that could be potentially infected with novel influenza A viruses to take appropriate precautions and wear appropriate PPE as listed in the CDC guidance.

Request PPE from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services medical stockpile.

To report herds with unexplained symptoms, veterinarians should contact DATCP at (608) 224-4872 (business hours) or (800) 943-0003 (after hours and weekends). 

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Division of Animal Health
https://datcp.wi.gov