Position Statements and White Papers

• Vaccination for H5N1 2.3.4.4b High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza: Questions and Answers (April 2025)
• Revised AAAP Summary Position Statement on H5N1 (April 2025)
• AAAP Guidelines for Judicious Therapeutic Use of Antimicrobials in Poultry (October 2024)
• AVMA Guidelines for the Humane Slaughter of Animals (September 2024)
• AAAP Summary Position on H5N1 (July 2024)
• Poultry Depopulation Guide & Decision Tree (February, 2021)
• Statement on Black Lives Matter (June 2020)
• Recommendations for the Depopulation of Poultry Flocks  (April 24, 2020)
• What we know about avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) in poultry — and how that knowledge relates to the virus causing COVID-19 in humans (March 23, 2020)
• Judicious Use of Antibiotics in Poultry Production (2019)
• AAAP Assessment and Update on Newcastle Disease Virus (2019)
• AAAP Antimicrobial Strategy for Stewardship Talking Points (2018)
• Judicious Use of Antibiotics in Poultry Production (2018)
• Core Principles of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Veterinary Medicine  (2018)
• AAAP-AVMA Guidelines for Judicious Therapeutic Use of Antimicrobials in Poultry  (October 2017)
• Statement on Hormone use in Poultry  (December, 2016)
• Statement on Stunning of Commercial Poultry in North America  (December, 2016)
• White Paper on Breast Muscle Abnormalities in Broiler Chickens  (July 12, 2016)  
• White Paper on Poultry Welfare and Careful Use of Antibiotics  (March 25, 2016)
• Statement on Use of Antiviral Pharmaceuticals in Poultry (February, 2016)
• Statement on Antibiotic Feed Additives  (February, 2016)
• White Paper on the Judicious Use of Drugs Fed to Poultry and the Risks to Human Health (February, 2016)
• Statement on Avian Influenza (April, 2015)
• Statement on Feed Allocation Programs of Broiler Breeder Pullets  (November 2012)
• Statement on the Future of the Research Programs at USDA-ARS Avian Disease Oncology Laboratory (ADOL) (August 2010)