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Looks like H5N7 (very virulent and pathogenic strain) has been confirmed and is wiping out a poultry farm in Lincoln county. Remaining birds to be destroyed. Other farms in a 6 mile radius have been quarantined. Lets pray this doesn't get out like it did in the Midwest a couple years ago...
 
Wonder if this is the cause of the turkey population decline in the past few years down there and it just made its way back to the chicken houses?
 
Has not been found in wild turkeys. They have tested live birds for it, birds were negative. Of course that doesn't mean anything... You won't find a live bird to test positive more than likely. It is extremely virulent and 100% lethal in turkeys. And a freshly dead turkey carcass doesn't last very long in the wild with all the scavengers about. Strange that wild ducks have a much stronger resistance to it and are usually the vector responsible for transmission.

It is not likely the cause of the turkey decline in southern middle TN.
 
The report that the I read about the decline said a certain percentage of gobblers shot and we're donated for testing had antibodies for A.I. I don't know if it was high path, low path, or what.
Doesn't mean they nesaccarily had it, just means they were exposed to it.
It also said they had antibodies to New Castle, blackhead, among others I cannot remember.

This is pretty serious for the poultry farmers and the wild turkey.

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Woodsman10":2j8vfsh1 said:
The report that the I read about the decline said a certain percentage of gobblers shot and we're donated for testing had antibodies for A.I. I don't know if it was high path, low path, or what.
Doesn't mean they nesaccarily had it, just means they were exposed to it.
It also said they had antibodies to New Castle, blackhead, among others I cannot remember.

This is pretty serious for the poultry farmers and the wild turkey.

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What is A.I and where did you see the report at?


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ZachMarkus":96yu0rbi said:
Woodsman10":96yu0rbi said:
The report that the I read about the decline said a certain percentage of gobblers shot and we're donated for testing had antibodies for A.I. I don't know if it was high path, low path, or what.
Doesn't mean they nesaccarily had it, just means they were exposed to it.
It also said they had antibodies to New Castle, blackhead, among others I cannot remember.

This is pretty serious for the poultry farmers and the wild turkey.

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What is A.I and where did you see the report at?


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It was somewhere on the internet, I put it on this forum when I found it.

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I talked to my commissioner yesterday about this. He said the farm is in the Flintville area, and given the name he gave me, the farm is located right next to the border with Franklin county in the extreme SE part of Lincoln county. There's a ton of chicken houses in that part of the county; they're pretty obvious from a GE view.

That's good because that makes it just 25 miles from my farm and my chickens. The bad news is that the latest report shows they have extended the quarantine radius to 10 miles.

He also said they suspect that migratory waterfowl infected a nearby pond and that infected the chickens at the farm. That raises the question of how the pond water got to the chicken houses and it's chickens.
 
I raised Tyson chickens for 17 years with 2012 being my last year. We were taking precautions agaist it back then. I wouldn't wear my work boots or clothes hunting. Also wouldn't go to anybody's house with yard fowl. Somebody could have walked down to the pond then went in the chicken house. Back then the farmer wasn't required to wear protective clothing. I bet they are now
 
chebuck":o7rhx2e1 said:
Wonder if this is the cause of the turkey population decline in the past few years down there and it just made its way back to the chicken houses?
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As far as the study goes, as of last week, 5 turkeys have died already and all from coyotes. I think predators are going to be one of the biggest contributing factors
 
callemquacktn":y4r9zg5l said:
As far as the study goes, as of last week, 5 turkeys have died already and all from coyotes. I think predators are going to be one of the biggest contributing factors
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Thanks for the updates, I enjoy reading them.
 
callemquacktn":157m1vhp said:
chebuck":157m1vhp said:
Wonder if this is the cause of the turkey population decline in the past few years down there and it just made its way back to the chicken houses?
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As far as the study goes, as of last week, 5 turkeys have died already and all from coyotes. I think predators are going to be one of the biggest contributing factors
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WOW, that flies in the face of conventional wisdom from the 80's and 90's which supposed that predation of adult birds was negligible. 5 birds out of one site? Or 5 birds out of the 220 total birds they wanted to tag?

It looks like predators may end up being the primary reason TN's turkey population cannot expand further, and may be the reason it is in decline....
 
Or it may be that avian influenza or some other disease makes it easier for predators to catch them. It's rarely as simple as A, B, or C in natural systems. More like 12% A, 14% B, 34%C, and 40% something else entirely.


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callemquacktn":3euqxrif said:
chebuck":3euqxrif said:
Wonder if this is the cause of the turkey population decline in the past few years down there and it just made its way back to the chicken houses?
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As far as the study goes, as of last week, 5 turkeys have died already and all from coyotes. I think predators are going to be one of the biggest contributing factors
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From my limited experience, the coyote population seemed to have exploded when they were fertilizing with chicken litter. I hunt my FIL's farm in Southern Lawrence County when we are there over the holidays and odd weekends. He was one of the farmer's who fertilized with chicken litter. Coyotes used to run around his fields like little vacuums eating old chicken parts in the litter. The litter was full of dead chicken parts and was a smorgasbord for predators. I don't remember ever not seeing coyotes while on in a stand when he was fertilizing with chicken litter. It wasnt uncommon to kill 3-5 a day. One year, I killed 17 coyotes between Christmas and New Years without calling a single one in.

Since he quit using chicken litter, the coyote population has dropped dramatically. We have also started seeing a couple turkeys every now and again.

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