BIOSECURITY ON COMMERCIAL LAYER FARMS

Conceptual Structural Operational Risk Factors

Location, Isolation Layout, Fences, Gates, Footbaths Daily Routine Procedures Rodents can carry and
Poultry farm should be planned in Farm should have an Sign boards and transmit disease to
isolated location away from existing entry gate which is proper traffic flow – to poultry. Provide an
poultry farms. Poultry sheds should be avoid unwanted entry. effective rodent
locked and supervised.
back from the road. control program.
Limit human and Limit visitor entry
Growing and Wild birds are carriers
vehicle traffic onto onto farm, use office
laying facilities of Raniket and avian
the farm. meetings whenever
should be influenza. Use bird-
possible. Avoid using
segregated to proof fencing on bird
external crews for sheds.
avoid spreading
vaccination/beak trim-
of diseases. A perimeter fence
ming/moving birds. Feed. Use good quality
should surround the
Clean Road and Dirty Road should be tested feed ingredients.
poultry sheds to avoid
established.Clean Road for eggs, feed Biosecure entry point. Do not re-use feed bags
unwanted entry of Entry equipped with
and materials; Dirty Road for manure, or use bulk feed. Avoid
people and animals. human spray, hand
cull birds and trash. animal source proteins.
wash, farm dedicated Routinely clean feed
Dirty Road
Vehicle washing footwear and foot bath. Vigilant receiv- mill and mixer.
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Entry/
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Use dedicated farm each entry of the Replace leaking
Feed
vehicles to deliver poultry house. nipples and sprayers
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Perimeter Fence materials should be manure reduces

Dirty Road delivered at the farm and egg collection.
contamination.
perimeter fence.
No outside vehicles
Cultural Egg trays. Trays
Bird exclusion allowed inside farm returned from outside
Training, Education and Meetings fencing at bottom of gate. the farm are dangerous
Educate workers and external crews on the sheds. sources of infection.
the importance of biosecurity. Have a During depletion, take Effective disinfection of
biosecurity plan with written procedures old hens outside farm egg trays is required.
for employees to follow. gate for pick up. Best practice is paper
egg trays that do not
Train (and periodically retrain) Water. Use good return to the farm.
employees on biosecurity procedures. quality water. Test
water source twice Equipment. Use
annually. Water treat- farm-dedicated vehicles
ment as necessary. for moving eggs, feed
poultrybiosecurity.org hyline.com and materials inside the
Dead bird disposal farm. Maintain own
should be by beak trimming and vac-
incineration, burial or compositing. cination equipment.