Proper biosecurity can prevent the spread of disease from
- Humans(hands, hair, footwear)
- Vehicles(contaminated vehicles and equipment)
- Animals(domestic and wild, including rodents)
- Carcasses(those that are improperly disposed of) and manure, litter, debris, and feathers
- Flocks (other people's backyard flocks, particularly if the birds are housed outside
Company Communications Plan Guidelines:
- Train employees with standard biosecurity polices
- Define trigger points to increase or decrease biosecurity
- Should have a notification system for communicating change in disease status to essential employees, suppliers, and customers
Employee Protocol Plan Guidelines:
- Park their vehicle in specified parking area only
- Report to work in clean clothes and dedicated footwear
- Wear clothing and footwear approved by the management
- Wash hands prior to starting work and before and after eating
- Use and maintain all footbaths they pass if applicable
- Are not allowed into poultry production areas unless scheduled to work
- Stay in designated work areas on the premises
- Service birds from clinically normal to sick
- Work with poultry before working with other species especially swine
- Report all abnormal bird mortality to their supervisor
- Will not bring visitors on farm without prior company approval
- Must have 72 hours between travel out of the country or to a high risk area before returning to work
- Not own birds, pet birds or have contact with birds outside of work
- Notify management if employees visit exhibitions or sales involving any class of birds, hunt or visit migratory bird sites
- Cannot hunt, fish, trap on a work day prior to coming to work and must have 12 hours downtime after hunting, fishing or trapping
Delivery Vehicle Guidelines:
- Truck drivers must stay in designated areas and cannot enter poultry houses
- Truck drivers must keep trucks and trailers visibly clean inside and out
- Feed spills should be minimized and cleaned up as required
Premise Security Guidelines:
- Entrances to premises will be secured
- Entrance policy should be defined for all types off traffic onto the premises
- Visitor policy will include stranger and intruder policies
- No pets or other types of poultry are allowed into the poultry house
- Do not loan to, or borrow equipment or vehicles from other farms
Flock Management Plan Guidelines:
- Keep an “all-in”, all-out” production method
- Do not bring birds from slaughter channels back to the farm, especially live bird markets
- Keep incoming poultry separate from unsold birds
- Avoid visiting other poultry farms, poultry shows and fairs. After such a visit bathe, change footwear and clothing before working with own flock
Wild Bird Plan Guidelines:
- Protect poultry flocks from coming into contact with wild or migratory birds
- Wild bird nests must be removed as soon as they are discovered
- Will bird roosting sites and feed spill will be minimized
- Buildings should be maintained to prevent wild bird intrusion
- Keep poultry away from any source of water that may be contaminated by wild birds
Dead Bird and Manure Disposal Plan Guidelines:
- Daily removal and disposal of dead birds as performed: composting, burial, incineration
- Manure handling and disposal procedures
Cleaning and Disinfecting:
- Clean first before disinfecting
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- Clean all dirt and manure off surface of equipment
- Laundry or dish soap works well
- Do tires and undercarriage of vehicles
- Wash down with a good disinfectant to kill poultry viruses
- Shoes can be brushed or scrubbed off and then sprayed with disinfectant
- Clean all dirt and manure off surface of equipment
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- Easy footbath
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- Low plastic pan or bin, wide enough to fit adult's foot and shallow enough to step into easily
- Plastic doormat (fake grass mats work well)
- A disinfectant that works well for most situations, such as Tek-trol (from Bio-Tek industries) or One Stroke Environ (available from Steris Corporation)
- Mix the disinfectant with water following label instructions
- Put doormat in plastic pan
- Add disinfectant so that the bottom of the “grass” is wet
- Walk through footbath, wiping feet on mat
- When liquid starts to get dirty, empty and put in new disinfectant
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