You need millions of dollars to be able to do the scientific studies to find out all the information required. It is an extremely complex and difficult process.OK so is there ever been a reason given for not allowing domestic birds in ?
For every new species there has to be an assessments of;
All the diseases that particular species of bird might carry,
What bird diseases are present in the exporting country?
How are each of the those diseases transmitted?
How to test for each different disease ( is there even a test?)
Do those diseases have the possibility of being transferred to other animals, especially wildlife or humans.
The list goes on and on…….. and on and on.
Very strict process, very difficult.Very expensive.
Plus no-one want to be the patsy that signs off on an import that could be the introduction the avian equivalent of foot and mouth.
The poultry industry has the money to get those studies done. Fact is, no other avian has been as intensively studied as chooks. Worldwide there are a gazillion metric tons of scientific studies on poultry diseases, their transmission, etc etc that can be used. Fingers crossed it all turns out OK.
