Standard Poultry Biosecurity Plan

Proper biosecurity can prevent the spread of disease from

• Humans(hands, hair, footwear)

• Vehicles(contaminated vehicles and equipment)

• Animals(domestic and wild, including rodents)

• Carcasses(those that are improperly disposed of) and manure, litter, debris, and feathers

• Flocks (other people's backyard flocks, particularly if the birds are housed outside

Company Communications Plan Guidelines:

• Train employees with standard biosecurity polices

• Define trigger points to increase or decrease biosecurity

• Should have a notification system for communicating change in disease status to essential employees, suppliers, and customers

Employee Protocol Plan Guidelines:

• Park their vehicle in specified parking area only

• Report to work in clean clothes and dedicated footwear

• Wear clothing and footwear approved by the management

• Wash hands prior to starting work and before and after eating

• Use and maintain all footbaths they pass if applicable

• Are not allowed into poultry production areas unless scheduled to work

• Stay in designated work areas on the premises

• Service birds from clinically normal to sick

• Work with poultry before working with other species especially swine

• Report all abnormal bird mortality to their supervisor

• Will not bring visitors on farm without prior company approval

• Must have 72 hours between travel out of the country or to a high risk area before returning to work

• Not own birds, pet birds or have contact with birds outside of work

• Notify management if employees visit exhibitions or sales involving any class of birds, hunt or visit migratory bird sites

• Cannot hunt, fish, trap on a work day prior to coming to work and must have 12 hours downtime after hunting, fishing or trapping

Delivery Vehicle Guidelines:

• Truck drivers must stay in designated areas and cannot enter poultry houses

• Truck drivers must keep trucks and trailers visibly clean inside and out

• Feed spills should be minimized and cleaned up as required

Premise Security Guidelines:

• Entrances to premises will be secured

• Entrance policy should be defined for all types off traffic onto the premises

• Visitor policy will include stranger and intruder policies

• No pets or other types of poultry are allowed into the poultry house

• Do not loan to, or borrow equipment or vehicles from other farms

Flock Management Plan Guidelines:

• Keep an “all-in”, all-out” production method

• Do not bring birds from slaughter channels back to the farm, especially live bird markets

• Keep incoming poultry separate from unsold birds

• Avoid visiting other poultry farms, poultry shows and fairs.  After such a visit bathe, change footwear and clothing before working with own flock

Wild Bird Plan Guidelines:

• Protect poultry flocks from coming into contact with wild or migratory birds

• Wild bird nests must be removed as soon as they are discovered

• Will bird roosting sites and feed spill will be minimized

• Buildings should be maintained to prevent wild bird intrusion

• Keep poultry away from any source of water that may be contaminated by wild birds

Dead Bird and Manure Disposal Plan Guidelines:

• Daily removal and disposal of dead birds as performed: composting, burial, incineration

• Manure handling and disposal procedures

Cleaning and Disinfecting:

• Clean first before disinfecting

  • • Clean all dirt and manure off surface of equipment

      • Laundry or dish soap works well

      • Do tires and undercarriage of  vehicles

    • Wash down with a good disinfectant to kill poultry viruses

    • Shoes can be brushed or scrubbed off and then sprayed with disinfectant

• Easy footbath

  • • Low plastic pan or bin, wide enough to fit adult's foot and shallow enough to step into easily

    • Plastic doormat (fake grass mats work well)

    • A disinfectant that works well for most situations, such as Tek-trol (from Bio-Tek industries) or One Stroke Environ (available from Steris Corporation)

    • Mix the disinfectant with water following label instructions

    • Put doormat in plastic pan

    • Add disinfectant so that the bottom of the “grass” is wet

    • Walk through footbath, wiping feet on mat

    • When liquid starts to get dirty, empty and put in new disinfectant