Science of Avian Influenza Control in Agriculture

David Swayne, DVM, MSc, PhD, Director, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, discusses the ecology and epidemiology of avian influenza from an agricultural perspective. He also discusses the strategies of biosecurity, which includes quarantine, diagnostics, surveillance, elimination of infected poultry, and vaccination to achieve the three goals of prevention, management, and eradication of the disease. (Lecture given on February 22, 2006)