Biosecurity is the cheapest, most effective means of disease control available. No disease prevention program will work without it. Traffic Control 3. Sanitation Isolation refers to the confinement of animals within a controlled environment. A fence keeps your birds in, but it also keeps other animals out.
Isolation also applies to the practice of separating birds by age group.
Traffic Control includes both the traffic onto your farm and the traffic patterns within the farm. Sanitation addresses the disinfection of materials, people and equipment entering the farm and the cleanliness of the personnel on the farm. Introduction of healthy birds who have recovered from disease but are now carriers. Shoes and clothing of visitors or caretakers who move from flock to flock. Carcasses of dead birds that have not been disposed of properly.