LPM 222: Diversified poultry production and current concepts in poultry management and marketing [Livestock Production Management (Regional Interest)] (1+1)

PATHOGENS

Pathogenic organisms to poultry cause morbidity and mortality. Management methods to reduce the spread of poultry pathogens include:

• Establishing sound biosecurity protocols
• Control of farm animals, equipment, personnel and wild or domestic animals entering the farm premises
• Preventing the interaction of wild birds with feed
• Vehicles that go from farm to farm should be subject to special precautions of disinfection
• Sanitize bird housing areas
• Where possible establish all-in-all-out systems with only one age group
• Workers on multiple age bird farms should always work with the youngest birds first before moving on to the older birds