(File Photo of Senator Elder Vogel, Jr.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from Senator Elder Vogel, Jr’s office, Vogel said that the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has issued new recommendations for poultry producers. Cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza are planning to be reduced if these recommendations are followed. These producers want both to keep poultry inside and avoid their contact with dairy cattle and wild birds. According to the Centers for Disease Control, this form of influenza has had seventy human cases confirmed and most of those cases are related to dairy cattle and poultry that are infected. In Pennsylvania, there are currently no reported human cases or cases in dairies.