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Pig Journal Volume: 53
Publication date: May 2004

Proceedings Section

BIOSECURITY - A POULTRY PRIMARY BREEDERS PERSPECTIVE
B.T. Thorp

Abstract
Today, customer expectations greatly influence the poultry industry with regard to production and livestock management systems. Products will not sell if they are perceived to be a health threat to the family. This, in turn, impacts on biosecurity. This paper discusses in detail the functional nature of that biosecurity and its strengths and weaknesses. Biosecurity is considered in two different steps: firstly, the nature of the barriers employed to achieve biosecurity and, secondly, the philosophies to keep disease out and prevent it spreading when it occurs. There are four elements to achieving these objectives. These are: biosecurity barriers, monitoring systems, auditing and traceability. Only if all 4 elements are present is it possible for the desired outcome of good biosecurity to be achieved.

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