General Guidelines on Biosecurity will Help in Preventing Ingress of Diseases in the Poultry Farms
General Guidelines on Biosecurity will
Help in Preventing Ingress of Diseases in the Poultry Farms
General Guidelines for Biosecurity for
Poultry Farms Released
Department of Animal Husbandry,
Dairying & Fisheries (DADF), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare,
today here released the “General Guidelines for Biosecurity at Central Poultry
Development Organization”. The Department from time to time reviews the
biosecurity situation in their subordinate Organizations viz. Central Poultry Development
Organizations (CPDOs). The last biosecurity guidelines were issued in 2013. It was decided to revisit the biosecurity
guidelines in light of latest developments and to incorporate some practices in
vogue to make them more effective. Keeping this in mind, the General Guidelines
for Biosecurity at Central Poultry Development Organizations were revised so
that the basic tenets can be applied not only to CPDOs but also State and
Private Poultry Farms.
Poultry farms across the country need
to maintain the basic sanitary conditions essential for healthy birds and
hygienic products. An integrated
biosecurity programme is an application on logical and sound principles
specific to an enterprise, monitoring of disease status, evaluation of ongoing
poultry farm operations on continuous basis with an objective to contain the
diseases at bare minimum level. Some poultry diseases like Avian Influenza are
zoonotic in nature, i.e. they may be transmitted to humans, and potentially
poses serious public health risks.
The farms should strive to maximize
the benefits achievable through effective biosecurity and to be consistent with
HACCP (Hazard Analysis, Critical Control Points) principles which can be
developed easily. For this, the Central Poultry Development Organization &
Training Institute (Southern Region), Hessarghatta would design training
modules and hold workshops based on demand from the States.
After lessons from Avian Influenza
and other poultry disease outbreaks across the country both in public and
private farms, we must implement, as far as possible, a biosecurity plan to
prevent any future disasters. These guidelines are proposed to act as roadmap
for keeping a close vigil and maintenance of biosecurity and have been
attempted to cover the conceptual, structural and operational biosecurity
through advisories on the farm location and design, restricted access to birds,
traffic control, isolation and quarantine of new birds, cleaning and
sanitation, personnel hygiene, hygienic disposal of poultry manure, disposal of
dead birds and other bio/ biomedical wastes, feed safety, period of rest or
rearing of single age group, medication/ vaccination of birds, flock profiling,
collection of infective / suspected material for laboratory testing etc.
The major routes for disease and
pathogen transmission are briefly enumerated. Emphasis is given on feed safety
and water management, which were earlier not described in detail in the
previous guidelines. It is also suggested therein, to refer the Action Plan on
Avian Influenza (revised in March, 2015), compartmentalization checklist, the Prevention and
control of Infections and Bio-Medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998 under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 etc., Disposal of dead bird(s) in a bio-secured manner,
and compliance to the Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious
Diseases in Animals Act, 2009. It is urged that the concerned personnel should be well
versed of these and apply the biosecurity measures in consonance, so that all
relevant points are covered.
It is also suggested that if there
is any mortality reported in wild bird / water birds / crows, etc. in farm
campus the post mortem of such birds should be avoided in farm area. The
Department and the Regional / State / District Disease Diagnostic Labs should
be informed immediately and they may be requested to collect the samples as per
their protocol for diagnosis [or for onward transmission to National Institute of
High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal in case of Avian Influenza] for
diagnosis, as per the requirement to be decided by the competent authority. If
Avian Influenza or Notified disease is suspected or confirmed at any farm
demobilize the staff of the farm with immediate effect.
It is also suggested to immediately
stop sale-purchase / inflow-outflow of all poultry products, feed or feed
ingredients, etc. if disease is even suspected or diagnosed in any shed or farm
till final test results of disease diagnosis is done and regarding Notified
diseases / Avian Influenza after confirmation from designated / NIHSAD Bhopal.
An indicative quick checklist for
implementing an effective poultry biosecurity plan is also given mentioning
about securing perimeter by keeping “restricted” signs posted at drive
entrances, avoiding trees or dense foliage around sheds and prevent roosting
site for wild birds, restrict entry to essential personnel and record entry,
keeping poultry houses locked, providing boots and coveralls for staff and
visitors for each shed, personnel precautions like changing by staff into
dedicated/disposable boots and coveralls upon entering each different shed.
Other relevant pointers are also mentioned like removing poultry mortality
daily, storing or disposing them off by an approved method; create awareness
about the dangers of raising or visiting other avian species and their contact
with their flock. Pointers on monitoring of vehicles, taking appropriate
precautions such as disinfection, implementing a strong control program for
insect, mammalian and avian vectors are also given. It is also reminded to
recheck and review biosecurity plan and flock health program, including
vaccination protocols, with veterinarian on a regular basis.
It is also added that biosecurity
on poultry farms is an essential tool for ensuring welfare of poultry and
humans by preventing transmission of poultry-related zoonotic and food-borne
pathogens. Method of collection of infective/ suspected material for laboratory
testing is added as it is mostly seen that the samples sent to laboratories are
not proper and testing/ diagnosis is either not possible or leads to incorrect
results. Some tables in the appendices are added for easy reference and
monitoring of visitors’ movement, water quality and formats for overall
supervision and internal auditing of biosecurity on-farm.
Thus it is believed that this lucid
General Guidelines on biosecurity will help prevent ingress of diseases in the
poultry farms. If all poultry farms across the country, both public and private
follow the basic tenets listed in true spirit it will help in a disease-free,
safe and wholesome poultry production.
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Kharif Crop Sowing Crosses 1021 Lakh Hectares
Area of Pulses, Cotton and Sugarcane Exceeds Normal Area
Area of Pulses, Cotton and Sugarcane Exceeds Normal Area
The
total area sown under kharif crops as on 18th September, 2015
has reached to 1021.86 lakh hectares as compared to 1005.84 lakh hectare last
year at this time.
Rice has been sown/transplanted in 372.66 lakh hectares, pulses in 112.42
lakh hectare coarse cereals in 182.70 lakh hectares, oilseeds in 182.25
lakh hectares, sugarcane in 48.84 lakh
hectares and cotton in 115.20 lakh
hectares.
The
details of the area covered so far and that covered during last year this time
given as follows:
Lakh hectare
|
Crop
|
Area sown in 2015-16
|
Area sown in 2014-15
|
|
Rice
|
372.66
|
371.90
|
|
Pulses
|
112.42
|
100.72
|
|
Coarse Cereals
|
182.70
|
173.88
|
|
Oilseeds
|
182.25
|
176.72
|
|
Sugarcane
|
48.84
|
48.74
|
|
Jute & Mesta
|
7.80
|
8.13
|
|
Cotton
|
115.20
|
125.75
|
|
Total
|
1021.86
|
1005.84
|
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