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Biosecurity
How do you manage biosecurity in a poultry farm to reduce the risk of disease outbreaks?How do you manage biosecurity in a poultry farm to reduce the risk of disease outbreaks?
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Biosecurity is a series of management steps, practices, protocols, and actions implemented for the prevention of 1) introduction of new infectious agents into the bird flock, and 2) control the spread of infectious agents already present within the bird flock. The healthier we can keep animals the more productive they will be. Biosecurity is important for the welfare of animals, the sustainability of animal agriculture, and the economic return of raising animals for human consumption. The best approach to any biosecurity practice is to think about five basic questions to get the conversation and brainstorming going.
1) What disease agent we want to avoid?
2) What is the most likely source of contamination?
3) How can the disease agent enter the farm?
4) What prophylactic and therapeutic options we have available?
5) What steps will be taken when a flock of birds contracts the disease?
Obtaining answers for these questions will make us think about implementable practices and procedures to reduce the risk of an infectious agent entering our flock of birds.
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