USAPEEC in conjunction with the USDA-APHIS organized a hybrid in-person and video remote seminar in Mexico City dealing with control and prevention of HPAI. The program was in part sponsored by the Nebraska Soybean Board.
Speakers included representatives of SENASICA (counterpart of the U.S. APHIS), and USAPEEC Mexico, Dr. Fidelis Hegngi, USDA and Dr. John Clifford, USAPEEC Consultant.
USDA-APHIS promotes biosecurity as a preventive measure notwithstanding the fact that this modality however strictly enforced does not provide absolute protection against infection especially in the turkey and egg production segments of the U.S. industry. APHIS stresses depopulation of flocks within 24 to 48 hours, a goal that has yet to be achieved in large egg production complexes. Based on limited cases of mild H5N1v infection among workers depopulating farms in Weld County, CO. there is now 
greater emphasis on personal protection equipment (PPE) since recent poultry outbreaks have been attributed to the mammal-adapted B3-13 variant of avian H5N1.
It is hoped that Dr. Clifford through his extensive experience with avian influenza as the previous Chief Veterinary Officer for the USDA is actively promoting protective vaccination with monitoring and surveillance as an adjunct to biosecurity among existing and prospective importers of U.S. broiler, turkey and egg products.