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Avian Influenza in Poultry
Preventing and controlling avian influenza in poultry is one of the most important measures you can take on a farm. Avian influenza is a highly contagious and viral disease affecting food-producing birds including chickens, turkeys, quails and guinea fowl.
How do you take action against the threat of this disease? The World Organization for Animal Health recognizes biosecurity as key in preventing and controlling avian influenza. This is critical to securing the production sector and trade, safeguarding food security and the livelihoods of farmers, and limiting the risk of human infection.
Ecolab has the tools you need to protect your farm against the negative impacts of avian influenza and help ensure healthy animals and optimal farm outputs.
Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in Poultry
Clean | Disinfect | Protect
The critical points of biosecurity to prevent and control avian influenza are entrance, transport and barn hygiene. Here are tips to keep in mind to care for your farm, employees and poultry:
- Use a disinfectant designed for avian influenza.
- Make sure every person on the farm follows hand hygiene procedures, including washing and disinfecting their hands before entering the barn.
- Place boot baths at every barn entrance and make sure they're well-maintained so you protect your farm from introduction of diseases via shoes or boots.
- Make sure vehicles and crates coming to your farm are cleaned and disinfected properly.
- Place disinfecting wheel baths and spraying bows at the entrance of your farm to avoid introduction and transmission of the disease via trucks.
- Encourage and promote personal hygiene and biosecurity measures for truck drivers.
- Ensure feed storage silos and drinking water lines are cleaned and disinfected after every cycle.
- Take samples of your drinking water source to monitor for contaminants that could be transmitted to your barn and animals.
The 3 Ps of Biosecurity
"You can protect your flock not just by using the right products, but also by applying them according to the correct procedures, in combination with thoroughly training your personnel. I call this the 3 P's of Biosecurity: Products, Procedures, Personnel."
- Luc Ledoux, Poultry Specialist at CID LINES, An Ecolab Company
Critical Points of Preventing and Controlling Avian Influenza
Feed
Only feed poultry with products that are specifically intended for animals.
Feed Bins
To prevent feed contamination and loss of nutritional value, clean bins regularly, preferably with a product that prevents microbiological growth. Empty the bins completely and clean and disinfect auger after every cycle.
Water
Water transports various nutrients, is responsible for digestion and plays a key role in regulating animal temperature. Make sure the drinking water for your animals has an optimal microbiological quality. To prevent the growth of pathogens, use a water disinfectant during the production cycle. At a sanitary stop, clean and disinfect the whole drinking water system to remove biofilm and to reduce the general infection pressure as much as possible before new animals come in. Wild birds should have no access to water.
Transport
Inform drivers about farm transport hygiene procedures:
- Regularly clean and disinfect truck cabs.
- When arriving to collect animals, use efficacious and non-corrosive chemicals to clean, disinfect and dry truck cargo sections.
- Follow hand hygiene and personal hygiene protocols.
- Drivers should not walk around the farm or enter barns.
- All equipment used by drivers for loading or unloading should be cleaned and disinfected after transport.
Visitors
Register every person who enters the barn. Have visitors wash and disinfect their hands, take a shower and enter the clean zone of the hygiene lock and wear farm-specific clothes and farm-specific boots. Visitors should then walk through a boot disinfection bath before entering the barn. Foot dips should be filled with a disinfectant with proven efficacy against avian influenza.
Barn
Properly clean and disinfect barns after every production cycle to reduce the general infection pressure as much as possible before new animals come in. Use products with a broad-spectrum working action; ask your Ecolab rep for a product testing report on avian influenza.
Products for the Control of Avian Influenza
Kenosan
- Sticky, long-lasting foam
- Extreme dirt-penetrating capacity
Kenosan was launched following two years of intensive R&D and field trials. This strong alkaline degreaser has a unique formulation of multi-ionic surfactants that allow for effective, fast penetration of dirt. Its high foam quality and ultra-strong adhesive strength ensure effective contact time to get rid of soiling on the application surface, including ventilation fans, air inlets, ceilings and entire house structures. Kenosan retains its effectiveness and strength even at low dilution, making it safe for people and materials.
Virocid®
- Fast, strong disinfection
- Easy-to-use liquid solution
- Can be sprayed, foamed and fogged without adding other chemicals
- Neutral pH in dilution: Non-corrosive on any metal
Virocid® is a premier product for animal safety, biosecurity and disease prevention. It's a super concentrated disinfectant with a synergistic composition of three active substances which makes it effective against bacteria, viruses, fungi and spores. It has long-term efficacy and can be used on multiple surfaces including concrete, metal, foot baths and vehicles.
KickStart
KickStart is broad-spectrum disinfectant that's effective against most bacterias, viruses and fungi present in swine production.
- Fast-acting disinfectant
- Approved for organic production
KickStart is based on a synergistic formulation of hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid, peracetic acid and surfactants that are particularly effective in removing biofilm and giving fast results. KickStart degrades into water and oxygen after oxidation, making this disinfectant environmentally friendly.
Biogel
- Superior contact time and adhesion power
- Gel-forming properties
Biogel is a detergent specifically designed for animal houses. It is a strong universal cleaner that's effective against heavy-duty soil and has the foaming capacity to meet all required contact times.
Biosafe
Biosafe is a concentrated, soft alkaline cleaner with a strong foaming action. This product can be used to clean sensitive materials (e.g. aluminum) and for animal houses, trucks, cars, agricultural machines and equipment. Biosafe can be applied with or without a foaming device.
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