Traffic control includes both the traffic onto your farm and the traffic patterns within the farm. Sanitation addresses the disinfection of materials and equipment entering the farm and the cleanliness of the personnel on the farm. 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 located as far away from the resident birds as possible. Direct the flow of human traffic from youngest birds to oldest birds. Direct the traffic flow from the resident flock to the isolation area. Use a different pair of foot- covers in the isolation area and in the resident bird area to prevent the mechanical transfer of disease organisms on footwear. Footwear should be disinfected at each site.