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Farm biosecurity – it’s in your hands
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Let’s look at farmgate
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THIS is the first in a series of articles which highlight the key points that are critical to main- taining a disease-free environment for your livestock.
pens outside your farm- gate, but you have ab- solute control over what happens on your property.
There are many chemi- cals that are claimed to be sanitisers, but not all are suitable as farm sani- tisers.
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by ROD JENNER
Farm biosecurity is the key to healthy and pro- ductive flocks.
Good farmgate bio- security includes such things as biosecurity signs and physical barriers in- cluding fences, gates and locks.
Issues such as spectrum of activity, biodegradabil- ity, corrosiveness, effec- tiveness in organic mat- ter, residual activity and health and safety for op- erators and poultry must all be considered when choosing the correct sani- tiser.
There are three barri- ers to the entry of disease pathogens over which you have influence.
Inside your property boundary should be a de- fined biosecure produc- tion area.
The first is to keep dis- eases off your property (farmgate biosecurity); the second is the barrier to the production area of your farm; and the third is to minimise spread between your animals should one or more become infected
with a
safety pathogen.
Outside this area is where your home and non-poultry farming op- erations remain.
An ideal sanitiser is one that is broad spectrum (kills a wide range of bac- teria, viruses and spores), works in any environment and is non-toxic, non-irri- tating and non-corrosive.
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biosecurity first.
The further we can keep
All these barriers work in combination to ensure your flock remains dis- ease-free.
pathogens from our birds, the less likely infection can occur.
If you have farmgate sales of your eggs, this should be outside the pro- duction area so customers aren’t putting your live- stock at risk of disease.
Unfortunately, you have no control over what hap-
The production area encloses the production sheds, range areas, egg room, grading and pro- cessing floor, on-site feed production or storage ar- eas and staff amenities.
Unfortunately, there is no single ideal disinfect- ant for all on-farm uses.
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It is important to main- tain a physical boundary around the production ar- ea so strict entry protocols can be put in place.
The third or tertiary bio- security measures you can undertake include things like vaccination, preven- tative medication, water sanitation, litter treat- ments and so on, which are designed to minimise the susceptibility of your birds or the viability of pathogens if they make it into the production shed or range area.
Every person or thing that comes inside the production area must be free of disease-causing agents or be able to be cleaned and sanitised at the boundary.
Many pathogens are quite widespread and can- not be excluded from your farm.
Vehicle sprays for trucks and other equipment, showers for staff, foot- baths at shed entrances and hand sanitisers all complement good physi- cal boundaries.
Vaccination against these pathogens, such as infectious bronchitis, is therefore the key manage- ment tool against these challenges.
Care must be taken to choose the correct sani- tiser and ensure it is fit for purpose.
In the next article we will compare and contrast the range of sanitising chemicals that are avail- able and discuss the most appropriate sanitisers for specific roles in farm bio- security.
Sanitiser selection is quite an important component of good biosecurity.
HOT AIR
Global egg industry adopts position on AMR
THE International Egg Commission and its members support, and will promote, the respon- sible use of all antimi- crobials to allow for the long-term safe produc- tion of eggs, safeguard- ing the availability of eggs and egg products for the world’s consum- ers.
IEC approach
The IEC will actively support the One Health approach (of the WHO, OIE and FAO) to dealing with AMR, working with intergovernmental or- ganisations, governments and other stakeholders to achieve the best outcome for humanity.
Biosecurity and good farming practice remain the prime tools for disease prevention and the IEC will continue to support knowledge sharing of bio- security and good farm- ing practice.
All producers should be made aware of the cur- rent knowledge on AMR and be able to access new knowledge as it is made available.
The IEC:
The IEC will endeav- our to make knowledge on the subject as widely available as possible and stimulate governments and organisations to keep records on the use of anti- microbials.
• Accepts antimicrobial resistance, whether in hu- mans or in animals, is an issue of global concern.
Antimicrobials should only be used under vet- erinary supervision and in conformance with na- tional authority approvals.
• Acknowledges the egg layer industry is a limited user of antimicrobials but that this limited use does not obviate the need for co-ordinated action with other animal product and human medical represent- ative bodies, through the One Health approach of the WHO, OIE and FAO.
The IEC does not sup- port the use of the High- est Priority Critically Im- portant Antimicrobials in animal agriculture.
• Will encourage the egg layer industry to reduce the use of antimicrobials, especially those for which resistance could pose the greatest animal and hu- man health global risk.
The IEC will promote and take due note of rec- ommendations made by the OIE, WHO and FAO.
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• Believes the health and welfare of the birds in the care of producers must re- main paramount and that care may include the re- sponsible use of the right antimicrobials.
The IEC believes there is a need for scientific research regarding devel- opment, transfer and con- trol of antimicrobial re- sistance in the production chain and on the potential impact for animal health and welfare, food safety, public health and human medicine.
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