Ekanayake, Indira JanakiRabin-Solomon, BariBalcet, Jean Claude2012-08-132012-08-132008-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10281The Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI) H5N2 virus was detected in the Dominican Republic (DR) late last year, causing a serious disruption in sub-regional trade, poultry production, and food security. In collaboration with the World Bank, the DR Secretariat of state for agriculture organized a workshop to share regional knowledge on preparedness for emergency actions to deal with avian flu. This note captures interesting themes from the workshop.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURE MINISTRYAGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONANIMAL PROTEINAVIAN DISEASEAVIAN FLUAVIAN INFLUENZAAVIAN INFLUENZA PROJECTBEHAVIORSCHICKENCHICKEN EXPORTSCOCKCOLLABORATIONCOMMERCIAL FARMSCOMMERCIAL POULTRYCOMMUNITIESCONTAINMENT PLANSCONTRIBUTIONCULLCULLEDCULLINGDANGERSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISCUSSIONDISCUSSIONSDISEASE IN POULTRYDISEASE OCCURRENCESDISTANCE LEARNINGDOMESTIC POULTRYEARLY DETECTIONEMERGENCY PLANEPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCEEPIDEMIOLOGYFOOD SECURITYGLOBAL DEVELOPMENTGLOBAL OUTBREAKH5N1H5N1 VIRUSH5N2H5N2 VIRUSHEALTH SYSTEMSHOSTHPAIHUMAN HEALTHHUMAN INFLUENZAHUMAN PANDEMICIDEAIDEASINFECTIONINFECTIONSINFECTIOUS DISEASEINTEGRATIONINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYKNOWLEDGE SHARINGLIVESTOCKLOW PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZANATIONAL EMERGENCYNATIONAL PLANOUTBREAKOUTBREAK CONTAINMENTPANDEMICPANDEMIC INFLUENZAPATHOLOGISTPLAN OF ACTIONPOLITICAL CLIMATEPOULTRYPOULTRY FARMERSPOULTRY POPULATIONSPOULTRY PRODUCTIONPRACTITIONERSREFERENCE LABORATORIESREGIONAL ORGANIZATIONSSENIORSIGNS OF DISEASESOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTSPECIESSPECIES OF BIRDSSTAKEHOLDERSTAKEHOLDERSSTRAINSTRAINSSUBTYPESURVEILLANCE SYSTEMSTOURISMTRANSMISSIONVACCINATIONVALUABLEVETERINARIANVETERINARY SYSTEMSVIDEO CONFERENCINGVIRUS SPREADSVIRUSESVULNERABLE GROUPSWATERFOWLWILD BIRDSWorld Bank10.1596/10281