# USDA calls on poultry owners to ‘defend flock’ | Capital Press

> USDA's Defend the Flock campaign was reported by Capital Press on November 23, noting ongoing avian influenza and virulent Newcastle disease detections, with Newcastle found 176 times since May in Southern California. The campaign merges two earlier biosecurity programs.

- Date: 2018-11-23 · published 2018-11-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62062-usda-calls-on-poultry-owners-to-defend-flock-capital-press
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Continued disease detections in backyard and commercial flocks could weigh on poultry demand if spread expands, though current activity is far below the 2015 outbreak scale.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- capitalpress.com: https://capitalpress.com/2018/11/23/usda-calls-on-poultry-owners-to-defend-flock-2/

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