26 Quotes by Ron DeHaven

The potential for this virus to have an impact on commercial poultry production is significant. Having said that, we have been dealing with (milder) avian influenza viruses for decades ... finding it, containing it, and eradicating it.

We're going to increase surveillance of migratory birds because we know that is a potential pathway.

What we're devising and considering now ... is consistent with international standards.

Certainly ... 40,000 (per year) would appear to be in the ballpark, but again we've not arrived at that number.

It is a likely explanation as to how this animal would have become infected.

It is our expectation that market forces are going to drive this to a mandatory program.

I would hesitate to speculate on how long that would take, because I just don't know how much follow-up and additional information might be generated when we take a look at it.

We hope that it doesn't come here. But our planning is on the assumption that it will arrive here. And we need to be prepared.

We'll want to know what feed that animal had been fed, and even more importantly what other animals were on the farm at that same time that might have consumed the same feed and where are they now?