Can manure be removed after poultry in a house that has been infected with avian influenza?
Manure can be removed from an infected house only after permission has been granted by the State Veterinarian. Articles that cannot be disinfected and pose a risk of disease transmission, such as feed, poultry manure and litter must be disposed of by an approved method such as burial or composting. Whenever possible, disposal of these materials will be done on the affected farm so that transport of infective virus to other locations does not occur. Determination of an appropriate on-site burial location for contaminated manure and litter should be done by Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources according to their carcass disposal plan. The plan requires a plat map description and the 911 address of the premises to allow the development of maps that will help determine if an appropriate area for manure and litter disposal is on or close to the infected premises. In the event that there is no approved burial area on the premises, the procedure will be to look at other areas in the vicinit
