BRIEFLY NEWCASTLE DISEASE QUARANTINE IS LIFTED.LANCASTER - State and federal officials have lifted the quarantine on chickens and other birds that resulted in the cancellation of the 2003 Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Fair's poultry contests. Officials said they lifted the quarantine, which banned the movement of many varieties of birds, because new testing has shown no signs of exotic Newcastle disease Newcastle disease, pneumoencephalitis, acute viral disease of domestic poultry. Newcastle disease is characterized by sneezing, coughing, and nervous behavior. Affected birds may show tremors, circling, falling, twisting of the head and neck, or complete paralysis. , the highly contagious poultry virus for which the quarantine was imposed starting last fall. Combating the disease cost $160 million and the killing of more than 3 million birds in California, officials said. Most of the quarantine was lifted last month. Disease task force officials announced Tuesday that the quarantine was lifted where it remained in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County, southeastern Ventura County, western San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. and Riverside counties, and northern Orange County. - Daily News Reverse job fair set by network group PALMDALE - The Antelope Valley Plus Networking Group will hold its Reverse Job Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Chimbole Cultural Center, 38350 Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . Employers will be able to interview prospective employees during the event. For more information call (661) 951-9018. - Daily News |
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