Important APHIS importation notice.

[Hankmacaw]

mport Alert: HPAI restrictions for avian commodities originating from or transiting Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
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  APHIS Veterinary Services <aphisvs@subscribers.usda.gov>
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  Thu, Nov 12 at 6:30 AM
  
  
  

  Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Issuance Date: November 10, 2020 Effective date: November 5, 2020 Effective November 5, 2020, and until further notice, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services (VS) is restricting the importation of poultry, commercial birds, ratites, avian hatching eggs, unprocessed avian products and byproducts, and certain fresh poultry products from the Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. Any of these commodities originating from or transiting through Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, are prohibited, based on the diagnosis of highly pathogenic avian influenza in domestic birds. Under these restrictions, processed avian products and byproducts originating from or transiting Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, imported as cargo must be accompanied by an APHIS import permit and/or government certification confirming that the products were treated according to APHIS requirements. Fresh, unprocessed shell/table eggs and other egg products, void of the shell (i.e. liquid eggs, dried egg whites) originating from or transiting Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, imported as cargo are prohibited unless they are consigned from the port of arrival directly to an APHIS approved breaking and pasteurization facility. An import permit and/or certificate is not required for these shipments when consigned to an APHIS approved establishment. Processed avian products and byproducts, including egg/egg products, for personal use from or transiting through Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, which may enter in passenger baggage and does not have a thoroughly cooked appearance, or is not shelf-stable as a result of APHIS approved packaging and cooking (i.e. packaged in hermetically sealed containers and cooked by a commercial method after such packing to produce articles that are shelf stable without refrigeration), must also be accompanied by a APHIS import permit and/or government certification confirming that the products/byproducts were treated according to APHIS requirements. Unprocessed avian products and byproducts originating from or transiting through Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, will not be permitted to enter the United States. This includes hunter harvested, non-fully finished avian trophies and meat. Importation of poultry, commercial birds, ratites, and hatching eggs will be prohibited. However, pet and zoo birds, pigeons and doves, may be imported under an APHIS import permit, and will be subject to a 30-day quarantine at the New York Animal Import Center in Newburgh, NY or the Miami Animal Import Center in Miami, FL. These restrictions will be updated as additional epidemiological information is obtained. Current information can be found on the APHIS website. *** Please share the following link with others who may be interested in these updates. Click here to subscribe to the VS Animal Health Stakeholder Registry. This link will also allow you to change or cancel your subscriptions.

 

[Greylady1966]

What would avian hatchling eggs be?

 

[Destiny]

I assume that refers to any fertilized bird eggs. Eggs that could be hatched, if incubated. It is one of the ways to distribute chickens and other birds, since shipping the eggs is usually easier than sending live birds.

 

[Greylady1966]

I wouldn't think many would hatch doing that. Interesting.

 

[Destiny]

Care is required to ensure the hatching eggs arrive safely, but it is definitely viable for chickens and other poultry.

The eggs are gathered before the hen starts to incubate the eggs, so they are in a kind of "waiting period". Eggs can remain in this state for a week or two. Longer waits tend to affect hatch rate badly, so fewer eggs will successfully hatch if they are kept longer than a week. After three weeks, successful hatch rate is close to zero for chickens.

So hatching eggs are typically gathered the same day and shipped in bubblewrap to protect against breakage. As long as the recipient gets them into an incubator quickly and the eggs were not damaged or exposed to temperature extremes during shipment, the hatch rate should be similar to freshly gathered eggs.