NAHMS Small Enterprise Study: A National Study of Layers, Broilers, and Turkeys - Responses

OMB No. 0579-0260 Exp. Date xx/xx20xx

Animal
and Plant
Health
Inspection
Service

September 2025

For more information on this and
previous NAHMS poultry studies,
scan the QR code.

National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service

Greetings!
In about two weeks, you will receive in the mail a request to fill out a questionnaire for an important national
study, the Poultry 2025 Small Enterprise study, that is being conducted by the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) and the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS).
The Poultry 2025 Small Enterprise study will provide a valuable baseline picture of the production, management,
and health of this sector of the U.S. poultry industry. It includes operations with table egg layers, broilers, or meat
turkeys. This will be the sixth NAHMS study of the poultry industry since 1999 and is especially important at this
time due to the ongoing highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) outbreak because the study will provide
information on small enterprise operations that will help with disease preparedness and response on these
operation types and at the national level. In addition, enhanced domestic poultry industry and health information
will help support trade, including our ability to open and expand markets. Information from this study may also be
used by researchers working on important disease or management concerns and will help education and extension
specialists better know and advocate for poultry producers and the U.S. poultry industry.
You are one of the few poultry producers selected to participate in this study, and your answers will represent
many other poultry producers like you. Your voluntary participation is essential to this important study. We are
required by law to keep your answers confidential, and your responses on the surveys will be used only in
combination with other responses.
Thank you for your time and consideration in supporting this valuable study. It is only with the generous help of
people like you that the Poultry 2025 study can be successful. To help you prepare, we have included more
information about the study in the accompanying documents. We have also included some informational handouts
and links to materials that we hope you will find interesting. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact
us at 1-888-424-7828.
Sincerely,

Sarah Blasko
Suzanne Avilla
Acting Director, Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health Chief, Survey Administration Branch
Veterinary Services, USDA-APHIS-NAHMS
Census & Survey Division, USDA-NASS
An Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer

The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. Your responses will be kept confidential and any person who willfully
discloses ANY identifiable information about you or your operation is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both. This survey is conducted in accordance
with the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018, Title III of Pub. L. No. 115-435, codified in 44 U.S.C. Ch. 35 and
other applicable Federal laws. For more information on how we protect your information please visit: https://www.nass.usda.gov/confidentiality.
Response is voluntary.
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB number for this information collection is 0579-0260. The
time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 14 minutes per response. Send comments regarding this burden
statement or any other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to APHIS.PRA@usda.gov.

NAHMS Poultry 2025 Small Enterprise Study
Study Launch
Overview
In October 2025, the USDA's National Animal
Health Monitoring System (NAHMS), in
collaboration with the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS), will conduct a national
study of the U.S. small enterprise poultry industry.
This study will take an in-depth look at small
enterprise poultry operations and provide new and
valuable information regarding management and
biosecurity practices for this segment of the U.S.
poultry industry.

management practices on U.S. poultry
operations with 1,000 to 74,999 table egg
layer inventory, 1,000 to 99,999 broilers sold
or moved annually, and 1,000 to 29,999
meat turkeys sold or moved annually.
• Describe producer preparedness for animal
health emergencies, including highly
pathogenic avian influenza.
• Describe management and biosecurity
practices of small enterprise operations with
a focus on operations in areas of high poultry
density, and given the outcome of the
sampling, operations in close proximity (less
than a one-mile radius) to larger commercial
operations.

What Participation Involves
Participation in the study is voluntary, but
important for the industry. If an operation is
selected for the Poultry 2025 Small Enterprise
Study, and decides to participate, their answers
will represent many other producers in their State.

Approximately 5,000 randomly selected small
enterprise table egg layer, broiler, or meat turkey
poultry operations in 50 States will be asked to
participate.
NAHMS collaborated with poultry veterinarians,
university researchers, and extension agents, to
define the most critical information needs and
knowledge gaps related to small enterprise
poultry production.

Study Objectives
The NAHMS Poultry 2025 Small Enterprise Study
will:
• Establish baselines for animal health and

In September 2025, selected producers will
receive a letter explaining the study. This will be
followed with a questionnaire in October 2025.
The questionnaire can be completed on paper
and mailed back, or through a web interface.
Those selected producers who do not complete
the survey by paper or web, will receive a follow
up phone call from a NASS representative
requesting their time to complete the survey by
phone.
"The interest in small-enterprise poultry has
seemingly increased substantially in recent
years. To better understand and support this
segment of the industry, it is crucial to have upto-date and accurate information from these
operations. The data collected from this survey
will help guide regulators, researchers, and
veterinarians in better serving this growing
sector of the poultry industry."
Kayla Niel, DVM, MS, DACPV
Avian Diagnostic and Outreach Veterinarian
Penn State University

Scientific Approach
NAHMS was established to collect accurate and
valuable information on animal health and
management in support of the United States’
poultry and livestock industries. Since 1990,
NAHMS has reported national estimates on
disease prevalence and other factors related to
the health of U.S. poultry, sheep, bison, beef
cattle, dairy cattle, swine, goat, equine, and
catfish populations.
NAHMS studies are national in scope, sciencebased, statistically valid, collaborative, voluntary,
and anonymous.

Benefits of the Poultry Small
Enterprise 2025 Study
Participating producers will receive:
•

•

In-depth reports and information sheets that
will enable study participants to compare their
operations—including management decisions
and practices—with other farms.
National estimates describing management
practices on small enterprise table egg,
broiler, and turkey farms.

The poultry industry will benefit from:
•

Benchmark data on important small enterprise
poultry health management and biosecurity
practices.

•

Improved understanding of disease
preparedness on small enterprise poultry
operations.

•

Information important for policy makers and
industry stakeholders.

•

Identification of educational needs and
research priorities.

“I strongly encourage participation in this survey,
which will provide valuable information for
disease prevention and control measures. Small
enterprise poultry flocks are an ever-growing
segment of the poultry industry. The spread of
diseases, reemergence of diseases, and
mutation of common infectious diseases of
poultry are continuing challenges. The
information from this survey will be especially
valuable for providing effective assistance to
small enterprise poultry flocks in disease
emergencies such as avian influenza.”
Sherrill Davison, VMD, MS, MBA, DACPV
Associate Professor of Avian Medicine and
Pathology
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine

Confidentiality
Because NAHMS relies on voluntary participation,
the privacy of every participant is protected. No
name or contact information will be associated
with individual data, and no data will be reported
in a way that could reveal the identity of a
participant. Data are presented in an aggregate
manner only.
NAHMS is recognized as a statistical unit by the
Office of Management and Budget. All information
acquired for the NAHMS Poultry 2025 Small
Enterprise Study will be used for statistical
purposes only and treated as confidential in
accordance with the Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA).
Data collected under CIPSEA are protected from
Freedom of Information requests.

For More Information:
• Please visit www.agcounts.usda.gov/static/getcounted.html and sign up to be counted in future
surveys. This ensures that we report the best
information to support U.S. agriculture.
USDA Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health
NRRC Building B, M.S. 2E7
2150 Centre Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80526-8117
Phone: 866-907-8190
Email: NAHMS@usda.gov
• USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and
lender.

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These links/QR codes are for informational materials that you may find useful. We hope that you take the time
to look over these materials and find them helpful.
USDA’s National Poultry Improvement Plan
https://www.poultryimprovement.org/

USDA’s Defend the Flock materials
Biosecurity is the key to keeping our Nation’s poultry healthy. USDA’s Defend the Flock education program
offers free tools and resources to help everyone who works with or handles poultry follow proper biosecurity
practices. These practices will help keep your birds healthy and reduce the risk of avian influenza and other
infectious diseases.
Main Defend the Flock page
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/defend-the-flock

Defend the Flock – Biosecurity Materials – Checklists
This site includes links for checklists that will help to practice good biosecurity including topics such as
biosecurity auditing, biosecurity training, cleaning and disinfection poultry enclosures, equipment and vehicles,
personnel and visitors, protect against wild birds, rodents, and insects, coordinating biosecurity, and managing
poultry manure and litter, among others. These are available in multiple languages, including English and
Spanish.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/defend-the-flock/resources

Defend the Flock, Spring 2025 Newsletter, Biosecurity Basics and Avian Influenza
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/dtf-newsletter-spring-2025.pdf

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