USPOULTRY Hosts Web - Based Farm Depopulation Training

As a follow - up to the “Overview on Farm Depopulation” webinar, USPOULTRY is hosting a web - based “Farm Depopulation Training” on Tuesday , May 12 , from 1 – 2:15 p.m. EDT and from 2:15 – 3:30 p.m. EDT . The we b - based training is free of charge to USPOULTRY me mbers

The “Farm Depopulation Training” will feature Robert Alp h in, instructor, University of Delaware, and Dr. Eric Benson, professor in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences , University of Delaware. Alphin has been involved in research related to emergency poultry disease response, including emergency depopulation of poultry, in - house composting of litter/poultry carcasses and testing of disinfectant strategies and disinfectants for avian disease decontamin ation. Benson has been involved in emergency animal response, and he and his team have been involved in support for the current HPAIV outbreak at both the state and federal level.

Alp h in will cover “ Guidelines for Depopulation ” from 1 – 2:15 p.m. EDT. He will address the guidelines, methods and criteria for depopulation and the advantages and disadvantages of several gas depopulation techniques.

D r. Benson will cover “Foam D epopulation ” from 2:15 – 3:30 p.m. EDT. Participants will learn about the characteristics of foam, the science behind t he procedure and how to implement foam depopulation