Contaminated feed and feed bags. Contaminated delivery trucks, rendering trucks, live hauling trucks Contaminated premises through soil or old litter. Properly managing these two factors should be a top priority on your farm. In order to assess how much biosecurity is practical for your farm, look at these three factors. Common Sense 3.
New birds represent a great risk to biosecurity because their disease status is unknown.
Isolation pens should be as far from the resident birds as possible. Watch birds for any signs of illness. Diagnostic blood tests for infectious diseases can also be performed at this time. Use only clean plastic coops for transfer of poultry. Wooden coops are difficult to clean and have been responsible for distributing poultry diseases over long distances.