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After more than the ninety-days following depopulation and disinfection of a single turkey grow-out farm with H7N3 avian influenza, China has agreed that poultry products emanating from and transshipped through South Carolina will be eligible for export with effect from August 6th.
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Ten asymptomatic turkey flocks in North Carolina and one in contiguous South Carolina were infected over the period March 13th to April 6th. The isolate from one additional flock in Chesterfield County, South Carolina yielded a highly pathogenic H7N3 that was characterized after depletion of the flock. Surveillance and quarantine were implemented, and surveys failed to show evidence of any infection after April 6th with sequential rounds of testing in accordance with OIE protocols.
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