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29 February 2016 Factors Associated with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N2 Infection on Table-Egg Layer Farms in the Midwestern United States, 2015
Lindsey Garber, Kathe Bjork, Kelly Patyk, Thomas Rawdon, Maria Antognoli, Amy Delgado, Sara Ahola, Brian McCluskey
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Abstract

A case-control study was conducted among commercial table-egg layer and pullet operations in Iowa and Nebraska, United States, to investigate potential risk factors for infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N2. A questionnaire was developed and administered to 28 case farms and 31 control farms. Data were collected at the farm and barn levels, enabling two separate analyses to be performed—the first a farm-level comparison of case farms vs. control farms, and the second a barn-level comparison between case barns on case farms and control barns on control farms. Multivariable logistic regression models were fit using a forward-selection procedure. Key risk factors identified were farm location in an existing control zone, rendering and garbage trucks coming near barns, dead-bird disposal located near barns, and visits by a company service person. Variables associated with a decreased risk of infection included visitors changing clothing, cleaning and disinfecting a hard-surface barn entryway, and ceiling/eaves ventilation in barns.

Lindsey Garber, Kathe Bjork, Kelly Patyk, Thomas Rawdon, Maria Antognoli, Amy Delgado, Sara Ahola, and Brian McCluskey "Factors Associated with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N2 Infection on Table-Egg Layer Farms in the Midwestern United States, 2015," Avian Diseases 60(2), 460-466, (29 February 2016). https://doi.org/10.1637/11351-121715-Reg
Received: 21 December 2015; Accepted: 1 February 2016; Published: 29 February 2016
KEYWORDS
avian influenza
H5N2
highly pathogenic
risk factors
table-egg layers
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