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    • James_Dean
      James_Dean replied to the thread [rant]Cage free eggs[rant].
      I’m still trying… #notpossiblewithoutgeneralaviation
    • James_Dean
      James_Dean replied to the thread [rant]Cage free eggs[rant].
      There is no reason to wash eggs until right before using them as it actually increases the food safety risk. It is likely that the...
    • James_Dean
      James_Dean replied to the thread [rant]Cage free eggs[rant].
      We're already pulling out all the stops and doing things like this. Your idea is not possible because the day old chicks need to start...
    • James_Dean
      James_Dean replied to the thread [rant]Cage free eggs[rant].
      I believe 99.99% of egg laying hens have been vaccinated for at least a one or more diseases. Mareks disease in particular.
    • James_Dean
      James_Dean replied to the thread [rant]Cage free eggs[rant].
      18-24 months
    • James_Dean
      James_Dean replied to the thread [rant]Cage free eggs[rant].
      I’m probably overstating the risk. Now…raw milk? I wouldn’t drink it for a million bucks.
    • James_Dean
      James_Dean replied to the thread [rant]Cage free eggs[rant].
      If the yolk has gelled you’re completely safe. If you eat them over easy you have a slight chance of death. By slight I mean a 1 in...
    • James_Dean
      James_Dean replied to the thread [rant]Cage free eggs[rant].
      I’m trying….
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    • James_Dean
      James_Dean replied to the thread [rant]Cage free eggs[rant].
      Once a country authorizes the use of an HPAI vaccination that country has effectively declared the foreign animal disease as endemic...
    • James_Dean
      James_Dean replied to the thread [rant]Cage free eggs[rant].
      It is complicated. Retailers have contractual arrangements with suppliers and if that supplier is unlucky and gets impacted they might...
    • James_Dean
      James_Dean replied to the thread [rant]Cage free eggs[rant].
      There are certainly differences in the breeds as to how their immune system performs and responds, but they're all susceptible. We lost...
    • James_Dean
      James_Dean replied to the thread [rant]Cage free eggs[rant].
      You're understanding is generally correct. Bottom line, we've been prevented from using a vaccination program due to trade implications...
    • James_Dean
      James_Dean replied to the thread [rant]Cage free eggs[rant].
      We can use phylogenetics to help assess if we're seeing farm to farm spread or novel introductions, and how outbreak strains are...
    • James_Dean
      James_Dean replied to the thread [rant]Cage free eggs[rant].
      What would you like me to help you understand or provide clarity to? We can usually tell in the layer house exactly where the virus...
    • James_Dean
      James_Dean replied to the thread [rant]Cage free eggs[rant].
      Yeah, we're entering the fourth year of this battle. We've had over 800 detections in backyard flocks and 740 commercial detections...
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