ERNST WORKS WITH USDA TO MITIGATE AVIAN FLU

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Joni Ernst issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined her colleagues in calling on Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to prioritize the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) vaccine strategy for poultry and dairy cattle.

HPAI infections have already begun to increase as winter approaches, with a new case in Iowa being detected as recently as last week (https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/bird-flu-detected-in-hamilton-county-commercial-turkey-flock/). After the USDA revealed a draft proposal of HPAI vaccine strategy for poultry is currently under review, Ernst and her colleagues highlighted to the importance of a timely, comprehe...