This document discusses biosecurity practices in poultry farming and their impact on bird flu. It defines biosecurity as programs designed to protect birds from disease by minimizing traffic of viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens onto farms. Key aspects of biosecurity include isolation of birds from outside pathogens, controlling traffic on farms, and sanitation of facilities, equipment and feed. Adhering to biosecurity practices such as limiting visitors, quarantining new birds, cleaning facilities between flocks, and controlling rodents and wild birds can help prevent the spread of infectious diseases in poultry.
Farm hygiene and biosecurity practices are implemented at both breeder and broiler farms to reduce the risk of disease agents moving on to farms from outside sources (eg wild bird populations or from other farms), the movement of disease agents between sheds on the same farm, carry over of disease agents from one batch to the next in the shed environment, and carry over of disease agents from breeding flocks to their progeny via the egg. Farmers take a range of precautions to prevent entry of diseases onto broiler farms.
Bio-Security plan is a set of practices designed to prevent the entry and spread of infectious diseases into and from a poultry farm.
Biosecurity requires the adoption of a set of attitudes and behaviours by people, to reduce risk in all activities involving poultry production and marketing.
Biosecurity measures are incomplete if there are no specialized officer in charge of monitoring the operation. Poultry farms and farm animals are prone to disease invasion except when the right measures are not only put in place but also monitored by officer(s).
A good poultry health management is an important component of poultry production. Infectious disease causing agents will spread through a flock very quickly because of the high stocking densities of commercially housed poultry.
For poultry health management to be effective a primary aim must be to prevent the onset of disease or parasites, to recognize at an early stage the presence of disease or parasites, and to treat all flocks that are diseased or infested with parasites as soon as possible and before they develop into a serious condition or spread to other flocks. To be able to do this it is necessary to know how to recognize that the birds are diseased, the action required for preventing or minimising disease and how to monitor for signs that the prevention program is working.
In this article it has been described :
Identify the threats to our poultry and how disease agents
might enter a poultry farm
Identify the costs of diseases and their prevention
Define the three principles of biosecurity:
Segregation & Traffic control
Cleaning
Disinfection
Identify biosecurity risks present in a poultry farm
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Biosecurity is a practice designed to prevent the spread of disease onto farm.
Biosecurity is the cheapest, most effective means of disease control available. No disease prevention program will work without it,
Commercial poultry growers should be familiar with the specifics of their company’s biosecurity protocols and work closely with company representatives to implement those programs
Farm hygiene and biosecurity practices are implemented at both breeder and broiler farms to reduce the risk of disease agents moving on to farms from outside sources (eg wild bird populations or from other farms), the movement of disease agents between sheds on the same farm, carry over of disease agents from one batch to the next in the shed environment, and carry over of disease agents from breeding flocks to their progeny via the egg. Farmers take a range of precautions to prevent entry of diseases onto broiler farms.
Bio-Security plan is a set of practices designed to prevent the entry and spread of infectious diseases into and from a poultry farm.
Biosecurity requires the adoption of a set of attitudes and behaviours by people, to reduce risk in all activities involving poultry production and marketing.
Biosecurity measures are incomplete if there are no specialized officer in charge of monitoring the operation. Poultry farms and farm animals are prone to disease invasion except when the right measures are not only put in place but also monitored by officer(s).
A good poultry health management is an important component of poultry production. Infectious disease causing agents will spread through a flock very quickly because of the high stocking densities of commercially housed poultry.
For poultry health management to be effective a primary aim must be to prevent the onset of disease or parasites, to recognize at an early stage the presence of disease or parasites, and to treat all flocks that are diseased or infested with parasites as soon as possible and before they develop into a serious condition or spread to other flocks. To be able to do this it is necessary to know how to recognize that the birds are diseased, the action required for preventing or minimising disease and how to monitor for signs that the prevention program is working.
In this article it has been described :
Identify the threats to our poultry and how disease agents
might enter a poultry farm
Identify the costs of diseases and their prevention
Define the three principles of biosecurity:
Segregation & Traffic control
Cleaning
Disinfection
Identify biosecurity risks present in a poultry farm
STATUS OF LIVE POULTRY AND EVALUATION ON BIO-SECURITY CONDITIONS AMONG THE ...Pradhuman Yadav
Biosecurity is a practice designed to prevent the spread of disease onto farm.
Biosecurity is the cheapest, most effective means of disease control available. No disease prevention program will work without it,
Commercial poultry growers should be familiar with the specifics of their company’s biosecurity protocols and work closely with company representatives to implement those programs
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“Bio-security practices in poultry farming and its impact on bird flu”
1. “Biosecurity practices in poultry
farming and its impact on bird flu”
Siddhartha S. Pathak
Ph.D. Research Scholar
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2. Biosecurity
“In general, it is a type of programme that is designed to protect life of birds”
In its simplest meaning, it means keeping the poultry away from the germs.
Biosecurity is a practice designed to prevent the spread of disease onto the farm. It is
accomplished by maintaining the facility in such a way that there is minimal traffic of
biological organisms (viruses, bacteria, rodents, etc.) across its borders. Germs can travel
more than 100kms from place to place on chicken crates, egg filler flats, trucks, other
equipments, on hands of people, in the air, on cloths, on shoes and slippers. They can also be
transmitted through carriers like dogs, cats, mice, flies and other insects either mechanically
or as an intermediate host (Munegowda, 2005) Biosecurity is the cheapest, most effective
means of prophylactic measure for control of diseases. No disease prevention programme
will work without it
Types of germs are:
1. Viruses.
2. Bacteria.
3. Fungi.
4. Endo and Ectoparasites.
Control of these Pathogens is considered as an important part of biosecurity program.
Goals of biosecurity.
1. Prevention of the entry of pathogenic organisms into the poultry premises.
2. Reduction of microbial contamination of surrounding areas.
3. Total elimination of pathogenic organisms present within the premises that causes the
disease (Munegowda, 2005).
Following steps can be taken to keep germs away from poultry.
• Limit visitors on your farm and restrict their direct contact with the flock.
• Obtain your birds from a disease free source.
• Quarantine new birds for at least two weeks.
• Keep free living birds and mammals away from your flock.
• Obtain feed from a clean dependable source.
• Provide clean, portable water.
• Keep your pets away from flock.
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3. • Clean and disinfect the shed prior to the arrival of new birds.
• If birds are housed on a dirt flooring, turn over the top soil layer.
• Use disinfected equipments.
• Keep the shed empty for at least two weeks after disinfection.
• Do not mix birds of different ages and species (Teresa, 2001).
Spreading of Infectious diseases.
• Introduction of diseased birds.
• Introduction of carriers birds.
• Through the shoes and clothing of visitors or care takers who move from flock to
flock.
• Contact with inanimate objects that are contaminated with germs.
• Improperly disposed carcass.
• Impure water.
• Rodents, wild animals and free-flying birds.
• Insects.
• Contaminated feed and feed bags.
• Contaminated delivery trucks, rendering trucks and live hauling trucks.
• Contaminated premises through soil or old litter.
• Air-borne fomites.
• Transportation of eggs(Teresa, 2001).
New birds, including day-old chicks should not be put in contact with droppings,
feathers, dust and debris left over from previous flocks.
Biosecurity of poultry flocks.
Biosecurity has three major components.
1. Isolation
2. Traffic control
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4. 3. Sanitation (Sreenivasaiah, 2006).
1. Isolation:
It refers to the confinement of animals within a controlled environment. A fence
which keep the birds in while keeping other animals out. Isolation also applies to the practice
of separating birds by age group. In all-in-all-out management style contributes simultaneous
depopulation, which offers time for periodic clean-up of sheds and disinfection.
2. Traffic control:
It includes both the traffic onto the farm and the traffic patterns within the farm.
Biosecurity generally requires human traffic, vehicles, rodents and wild birds control by
restricting their movement (Munegowda, 2005).
• Grass and bushes can be trimmed for a few feet on each side of the fence. This will
allow detection of burrowing rodents as well as force the predators to approach the
fence without the benefit of cover.
• Game bird pens are usually covered with netting. The mesh size of those nets
determines the size of the wild birds kept out.
• Only clean plastic coops have to be used for transfer of poultry. Wooden coops are
difficult to clean.
• Flow of on-farm traffic must be directed from the youngest to the oldest birds and
from resident to the isolation.
• A “clear zone” free of vegetation around the building is ideal to discourage rodent and
insect traffic into the building or pens.
• A different pair of footwear while working in the isolation area and in the resident
bird area is necessary to prevent the mechanical transfer of disease organisms on
footwear.
• Footwear should be disinfected at each site. Disinfectant footbaths may help to
decrease the dose of organisms on boots.
• Washing hands thoroughly after handling birds in isolation or birds of different
groups is mandatory.
• Waterers and feeders have to be disinfected on a regular basis. Periodic clean-out,
clean-up and disinfection of houses and equipment have to be planned, at least once a
year.
• Simultaneously, rodent and pest control procedures can be taken up when the houses
are empty.
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5. • Dead birds must be disposed of promptly by rendering/burning/burying/composting
or sending them to a sanitary landfill.
3. Sanitation:
Primarily involves vaccination of birds on farm, cleaning and disinfection profiles
adopted at the farm.
General recommendations for floor houses
The following procedures are recommended:
• Litter lifted from floor and dumped as far away as possible.(minimum of 100m)
• Houses swept thoroughly to clean all floors, lighting fixtures, fan blades, Burnt-out
bulbs are replaced and all other bulbs cleaned.
• All permanently installed waterers, feeders and any other equipment must be
scrubbed and cleaned.
• Miscellaneous equipments are removed from the house to permit a thorough job of
disinfection.
• Brooder guards, hand feeders and jugs that will be used for the next flock must be
soaked, Then hand scrubbed and disinfected.
• The sills, trash and debris should be removed, since the organic matter neutralize
disinfectants.
• Ceiling, curtains, walls, partitions, slats, feeders, waterers and other equipments are
thoroughly disinfected.
• The curtains are kept up and fully extended when cleaning and spraying.
Cleaning the feed system
The purpose of these procedures is to reduce the incidence of moldy feed and
mold toxin problems. These are especially relevant where automatic feeding system is
operative.
1. Feed bin, boot and auger.
1. All feed from the bin, boot and auger removed as soon as possible after the flock is sold.
2. The boot disassembled to ensure thorough cleaning.
3. Insides of the feed bin, boot and auger is washed with a 5 percent solution of sodium
hypochlorite.
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6. 2. Feed hopper and feed cart.
1. Feed hopper and feed lines are emptied.
2. All feed from boxes are removed and scraped or brushed away, all material such as caked
feed from corners, seams or lips inside and outside of the feed boxes must be removed.
3. All surfaces are washed with a 5 percent solution of sodium hypochlorite.
3. Line feeder.
1. All feed from the feed trough is removed including corners.
2. Line feeders are removed and corners cleaned.
3. Sprayed with 5 percent solution of sodium hypochlorite.
4. Line feeder with feed pans.
1. All feed removed from feeding system.
2. Any mold ring present in the feeders are scraped and removed.
3. The pan is removed and sprayed inside of the cone with 5 percent solution of sodium
hypochlorite.
Longevity of Disease Causing Organisms (Finnoff, 2007)
Sl no Disease Life span away from birds
1 Infectious Bursal Disease Months
2 Coccidiosis Months
3 Duck Plague Days
4 Fowl Cholera Weeks
5 Marek's Disease Months to years
6 Coryza Hours to days
7 Newcastle Disease Days to weeks
8 Mycoplasmosis (MG, MS) Hours to days
9 Salmonellosis (Pullorum) Weeks
10 Avian Tuberculosis Years
Restarting after cleanout
The checklist of procedures to be followed.
Make sure that all electrical circuits operate properly.
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7. Fill all light sockets with a clean and operative light bulb.
Run all motors and lubricate them if necessary.
Check for proper tension on feed chains, winch cables and fan belts.
Check all water lines for cracks and leaks.
Inspect thermometers and thermostats to ensure that they are clean, operative and
accurate.
Adjust gas brooder stoves so that they light up when needed and the flame is even and
blue.
Check the feeding equipment for proper assembly.
Operate all equipment to ensure that it runs smoothly and without abnormal noises.
Health Care and Management.
Control measures for prevention of diseases.
The factors to avoid infection are as follows:
1. Segregation:- Separation of healthy birds from diseased ones
2. Housing birds of different age groups, sex and species separately in different houses.
3. Eliminate chances of introduction of carriers, start with day old chicks separately from the
old birds.
4. Keep litter and houses free from dampness.
5. Provide proper ventilation for healthy environment.
6. Adequate exposure of floor to sunlight.
7. Adequate sanitation and disinfection.
8. Enough floor space according to age, size, breed, number and purpose.
9. Adequate drainage of water.
10. Proper disposal of dead birds by burning.
11. Restrict the entry of visitors in and around houses, and arrange footbath of reliable
disinfectant at the entrance to farm for proper treatment of feet/shoes.
12. Keep distance of 15m between rearing and laying houses.
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8. 13. Ensure proper cleaning and disinfection of contaminated equipments and appliances.
14. Take judicious sanitary measures to prevent contamination from soil, litter, feed, water,
feeder, waterers, feed bags and etc.
15. Keep away rodents, sparrows, wild birds and insects from poultry houses.
16. Provide clean, pure, safe and cool water.
17. Observe the flock daily for any sign of stress, drowsiness, physical discomfort and
diseases.
18. Keep distance of 15m between two laying houses.
19. Provide well balanced good quality diet to birds in adequate quantity according to their
age, size, breed and purpose.
20. Never make reuse of old litter.
21. Proper deworming of birds.
22. Vaccination of birds at proper time and age regularly.
23.Keep feed from aflatoxins.
24. Make use of antiperching panel to prevent contamination of water by birds feet.
25. Spraying insecticides to kill parasites or make provision of sodium fluoride dust bath for
birds.
26. Daily raking of litter and mixing lime and super phosphate if needed to prevent dampness
and bad smell.
27. Never take chance to experiment chicks from new source.
28. Prevent stressors.
29. Use coccidiostats in feed regularly but change the brand of coccidiostats at regular
interval to keep effective against all strains of coccidia.
30. Avoid prolonged use of antibiotics to maintain natural immunity.
31. Avoid overcrowding and provide sufficient number of feeders and waterers.
32. Carry out fumigation of incubators before setting the eggs.
33. Avoid abrupt changes in feed and weather.
34. Never mix two vaccines together and give one week rest after first vaccination.
35. Do not vaccinate birds in stress.
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9. Bird flu (Fowl plague/Avian influenza).
It is a dangerous disease since it can kill all poultry on a farm. It can spread rapidly to
other farms, to the whole country and may cause 100% mortality (Swayne, 2008).
Introduction:-
AI is a diseases causing extremely high mortality in fowls and is called fowl plague.
AI virus is actually type A influenza virus . Type A influenza virus capable of causing the AI
are of two sub types
1. Virus of low virulence(LPAI).
2. Virus of high virulence(HPAI).
HPAI (Highly pathogenic Avian influenza) the term has been used for these viruses.
thus fowl plague was caused by highly pathogenic strains of AI viruses. the viruses of low
virulence could be antigenically indistinguishable from those of high virulence .
It is a zoonotic disease which can make humans sick and even to die. There is no
treatment for this disease, it can be prevented by vaccination.
Distribution
Avian influenza viruses are distributed through out the world in many domestic birds,
including, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, guinea-fowl, pheasants, and quails, and also in the
feral bird population, ie., in wild birds however, the number and frequency of isolations from
other species have been overshadowed by the presence of these viruses in waterfowl
,particularly ducks. Ducks have yielded more viruses than any other group.
Moreover, though the ducks may be infected, they do not suffer from the clinical
disease because of the marked resistance these birds show even to strains that are highly
virulent for chickens and turkeys. Ducks therefore act as reservoirs and carriers of avian
influenza and spread the virus to chickens and turkeys, which suffer the disease clinically.
Etiology
Influenza type A viruses; Othyomyxoviridae. The virus is further classified into subtypes
based on:
1. The glycoproteins hemagglutinin(H) and neuraminidase (N) present on the virus-15 H
subtypes (H1-H15) and 9 N subtypes (N1-N9). H5N2, H7N1 and H7N7 have been
reported to be highly pathogenic causing high mortality in chicken.
2. The ability of the virus to cause disease – Highly pathogenic Avian influenza (HPAI)-
can cause up to 100% mortality and low pathogenic Avian influenza (LPAI)-causes a
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10. mild disease with lower mortality; LPAI subtypes, especially H5 and H7,have the ability
to mutate to HPAI after circulation in a poultry population.
HPAI is an OIE List A disease. Avian influenza is classified as HPAI if it conforms to
these criteria:
1. Any influenza virus that is lethal for six ,seven or eight of eight 4-8-week- old
susceptible chickens within 10 days following intravenous inoculation with 0.2ml of a
1/10 dilution of a bacteria-free , infective allantoic fluid.
2. The following additional test is required if the isolate kills from one to five chickens
but is not of the H5 or H7 subtype : growth of the virus in cell culture 1 with
cytopathic effect or plaque formation in the absence of trypsin. If no growth is
observed, the isolate is not considered to be an HPAI isolate .
3. For all H5 and H7 viruses of low pathogenicity and for other influenza viruses, if
growth is observed in cell culture without trypsin, the amino acid sequence of the
connecting peptide of the hemagglutinin must be determined .If the sequence is
similar to that observed for other HPAI isolates ,the isolate being tested will be
considered to be highly pathogenic .
Avian influenza virus is an enveloped RNA virus. The viral genome is composed of
eight segments of single-stranded RNA of a negative-sense (i.e., the virus RNA is
complementary to the messenger RNA ). Proteins are associated with the RNA genome to
form the “nucleoprotein-RNA-polymerase complex”. The matrix surrounding the genomic
complex is enveloped in a lipid membrane. The surface of this lipid membrane of the virion
that is envelope, is covered by two different surface “projections” or “spikes”.
These surface spikes are glycoprotein , and have haemagglutination and
neuraminidase activity. The surface spikes are of two different shapes : 1) haemagglutinin
(HA), and 2) neuraminidase(NA).HA is a rod-shaped trimer (made up of four subunits ) So
far, Only type A influenza viruses have been isolated from the birds .
The haemagglutinin is responsible for the attachment of the virion to cell surface
receptors (sialyl-oligosaccharides), and is responsible for the haemagglutinating activity of
the virus. Antibodies against the HA are very important in neutralization of the virus ,and
protection against infection. Neuraminidase enzyme activity is responsible for the release of
new virus from the cell, by its action on the neuraminic acid in the receptors .Antibodies to
NA are also important in protection,by restricting the spread of virus from infected cells
(Perkins et al, 2002).
Disease forms:
1. Highly pathogenic avian influenza(HPAI).
Severe and generalized clinical signs.
2. Low pathogenic avian influenza(LPAI).
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11. Mild and respiratory clinical signs(Joseph, 2006)
Transmission:
The virus may enter the poultry farm through various ways.
• Purchase or gift of one or more domestic birds.
• Human beings coming from live bird market/slaughter house/laboratory that was
infected or contaminated to the healthy farm.
• Dogs bringing infected carcass.
• Migration of wild birds from affected farm to healthy farm.
• Ducks going and coming back from rice fields.
• Any domestic poultry that must find its own food out side the farm.
• Contact with water ponds.
• Contact with infected manure.
• Spread of avian flu between healthy and infected farm
PATHOGENESIS:
Incubation period: 2-5 days. The avian influenza virus adsorbs to glycoprotein receptors
containing sialic acid on the cell surface. The virus then enters the cell by receptor-mediated
endocytosis .
• The tissue tropism of a virus is involved in its pathogenicity.
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12. • The basis for tissue tropism is receptor specificity. Receptor recognition by the
viruses is an important factor in both tissue tropism and pathogenicity.
• Infectivity depends on post-translational cleavage of the haemagglutinin molecule
.That is, on a spilt or division (cleavage) of the haemagglutinin molecule after it has
been formed /synthesized (post-translational). This cleavage is brought about by host
proteases, and takes place at the cleavage site.
• Tryspsin –like enzymes can cleave if only a single amino acid arginine is present at
the cleavage site, whereas other host proteases require multiple basic amino acids.
• The HA of low to moderately virulent influenza viruses have only a single basic
amino acid arginine at the cleavage site.
• The highly pathogenic viruses possess HA with multiple basic amino acids at the
cleavage site. Therefore HA can be cleaved by proteases found throughout the body.
• These viruses, Therefore invade and replicate in many tissues and organs ,resulting in
the production of infective virus throughout the body ,generalized disease, and death.
• Bacteria provide proteases capable of cleaving the haemagglutinin of these low or
moderately virulent viruses in the absence of multiple basic amino acids. This enables
them to replicate and spread widely in the host.
• Tissue culture cells infected with influenza virus undergo apoptosis (programmed cell
death). (Perkins et al, 2002).
Clinical signs:
Disease appears suddenly, and many birds will die:
Either rapid mortality without clinical signs. Or with minimal signs of depression, low
appetence, Ruffled feathers and fever.
• Some birds show weakness and staggering gait.
• Sick birds often sit or stand in a semi-comatose state (sleepy) with their heads
touching ground.
• Younger birds may show neurological signs.
• Hens may at first lay soft shelled eggs, but soon stop laying
• Combs and wattles are swollen, turn dark red to blue and may have pin point
haemorrhages at their tips.
• Professed watery diarrhoea.
• Birds are excessively thirsty.
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13. • Laboured and fast respiration.
• Haemorrhages at un feathered area, especially at shanks.
HPAI in chicken
Depression decreased appetite, decreased egg production, nervous signs, swollen blue
combs and wattles, coughing sneezing, diarrhea and sudden death(Sims, 2008: Tiensn,
2005).
LPAI in chicken
Mild respiratory disease, depression, decreased egg production.
Morbidity and Mortality
In outbreaks of highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) mortality can be up to
100%.low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI) in chickens may even go unnoticed
Diagnosis.
Samples
1. Live birds :- Tracheal swabs and cloacal swabs or faeces; dead birds – organs and
faeces.
2. Serology :- Clotted blood samples or serum
3. Procedures :- Identification of the Agent
Serological tests
1. ELISA/AGID.
2. HI.
3. IFI.
4. RT-PCR.
Differential diagnosis:
1. Virulent New Castle disease.
2. Duck plague.
3. Acute poisonings.
4. Other diseases which cause swelling of combs and wattles(Acute Fowl Cholera and
other septicaemia diseases, Bacterial infection of comb and wattles)
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14. Avian flu should be suspected in any disease out break in poultry that persists
despite the application of preventive and therapeutic measures for other diseases.
Prevention and control.
1. Isolation of affected birds
2. Wild birds should not allowed to come in contact with domestic birds
3. Strict bio-security measures
4. Recovered birds acts as carriers and hence they should not come in contact with
healthy birds.
Vaccination.
The following types of vaccines are used against avian influenza
1. Conventional vaccines.
2. Recombinant vaccines.
3. Heterologus avian influenza vaccines.
4. Protection by H sub type vaccine.
Biosecurity measures to be taken when there is no out break of avian influenza .
Principle I: Keep the poultry in good condition.
Poultry in good condition’s resist better to disease.
a) Have a good access to clean water and adequate food
b) Have access to adequate housing.
C) Receive deworming products and vaccination.
If the poultry is not in good condition:
a) More likely to catch diseases.
b) They produce fewer eggs, less meat.
Principle II: Keep the poultry in protected environment.
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15. Principle III: Control the entries on to your farm.
• Every one coming from a place where there are sick poultry, can carry the virus on
their cloths, sandals:
o Family members: Coming back from neighbours, from the local market,
paddy fields,
o Family relatives: Coming back from special occasions(Wedding, New year).
o Neighbours.
o Middle man coming to bye or to sell poultry but also pigs, cattle or other
agriculture products.
o Paravets coming to treat or vaccinate your animals, they may have also visited
other infected farm.
• New chicks, ducklings, Piglets bought from a middle man, or from a neighbours farm,
or from the market.
• Purchase of animal feed, Equipment etc.
• Entry of motor bike, Bicycle or other vehicles in farm yard.
• Dogs or cats that brings dead animals.
• Manure purchased from another farm.
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16. Principle IV: Quarantine measures.
Biosecurity measures to be taken when there is out break of avian influenza
Principles I: Keep the poultry in good place.
Principles II: Do not buy nor accept new animals on to the farm.
Principles III: Decrease and control entries from humans.
Principles IV: sweep the farm yard, clean the animal buildings, the equipments, the motor
bike more regularly.
Principles V: Store the manure(IBRD, 2006).
Steps to be taken when there is high suspect mortality on the farm.
Only the laboratory can confirm that it is or that it is not Avian Flu.
• The former and the paravet must act before getting the result from the laboratory. If
you wait for the laboratory result, the situation will become impossible to control.
• When you observe suspect mortality on your poultry, the farmer and the paravet must
work together.
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17. Their objective must be:
1) To eliminate the virus from that farm as soon as possible.
2) To avoid contamination of other farms.
3) To avoid infections of human beings.
4) To report immediately to the village and commune leaders and to the
district veterinary officer.
5) to write down information about the events.
• The farmer must inform the para vet
• The paravets must:
• immediately visit the farm and give the appropriate advice to prevent the disease from
spreading.
• Then inform the district veterinary office as soon as possible.
• Do not wait for lab reports for acting.
• Do not wait for DVO staff to come before acting.
• If the disease is confirmed to avian flu, the district vet and paravet should ensure that
the control measures are maintained (East, 2007).
Cares to be taken on dead birds and other contaminated objects.
• Never through dead birds in river.
• Never eat them.
• Dead bird should put immediately in bags.
• The DVO staff may come and take some specimens from these birds.
• All dead birds and other contaminated objects must be destroyed properly as soon as
possible during the day through burning and burying.
Protection of human beings.
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18. • It is a zoonotic disease mainly transmitted through faeces or direct inhalation of virus
that are spread by infected birds through breathing.
• In non infected poultry farms, only one person should take Care of poultry, That
person should be adult in good health.
• The pregnant woman and young children should avoid the contact with the animals.
• Do not eat animals dead of disease.
• Each time when u touch the animals or their products, you should wash your hands
with soap.
• People should not eat raw blood.
• People should ware mask, gloves, glasses etc.
• In infected area any contact with poultry and poultry products must be avoided.
• The only people who have to be in contact with poultry should be farmers, paravets
and vets and they should wear protection.
• Advice should be sought from local doctors (WHO, 2006: Webster et al, 2003).
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