USDA APHIS and similar government agencies work closely with international organizations such as the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and World Health Organization (WHO) to assist HPAI-affected countries and other neighboring Asian-Pacific countries with disease prevention, management, and eradication activities. By helping these countries monitor, manage, and eradicate HPAI H5N1 outbreaks, USDA-APHIS can reduce the risk of the disease spreading from overseas to the United States.³

• USDA conducts avian influenza surveillance programs including the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) and the Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance (SITC).

• The National Center of Import Export (NCIE) requires all imported live birds, except from Canada, to undergo a minimum 30 day quarantine period where they are tested for avian influenza before entering the country.

• Poultry and eggs from countries with HPAI H5N1 are not imported into the U.S.

Visit the National Wildlife Health Center's Google Earth Map of the 100 most recent avian influenza events around the world or look at the BBC's interactive map of how bird flu has spread since 2004.

NWHC AI Google Earth Map

BBC Interactive AI Map