Hang a biosecurity sign or NO AUTHORIZED ENTRY sign at the gate.
Doors to each house may be kept locked to reduced unauthorized entry.
Visit farms or houses in order from youngest to oldest flock.
Visit sick flock last.
2. CLEANING AND DISINFECTION
Clean and disinfect houses before arrival of new batch of birds.
Remove unnecessary equipment inside the farm.
Farm workers should shower and wear clean clothes to work.
Make a habit of hand washing.
Footwear should be dipped in the footbath between each house
No sharing of farm equipment.
Disinfect as early as possibly after houses are cleared.
Use approved disinfection program
Be systematic and thorough in disinfecting buildings, feed bodega, workers quarters, area around the buildings, water circuits, vectors – where insects and rodents are.
Check quality of water.
3. FARM ISOLATION
Assign a holding area for incoming birds and quarantine.
Fence the perimeter of the farm.
Do not use open bodies of water such as a pond or lake as a source.
Farm should be 0.5km radius away from another farm.
4. RODENT AND INSECT CONTROL
Miminize animal activity around the poultry houses. This include pets, wild animals, and other farm animals.
No mixing of animal species.
Minimize feed spillage.
Set up rodent tarps in necessary.
Protect against predators.
5. VACCINATION
The administration of antigenic material (a vaccine) to stimulate an individual’s immune system to develop adaptive immunity to a pathogen.
An ideal way of protecting the flock from viral and some bacterial diseases.
