David Swayne on Influenza: "You have to develop a very strong culture of biosecurity"
Published: March 3, 2017
Summary
Q: What are the essential measures to prevent avian influenza? A: For most farming situations, the best way is to improve biosecurity on the farm, so that it is practiced every day. Make it a consistent habit, including admitting very few visitors to the farm. Anybody who comes on the farm would have to meet personnel and equipment biosecurity standards, for example, people would not...
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Indbro Research & Breeding Farms
6 de marzo de 2017
Wanted more information on vaccination experience.
Are the inactivated vaccines working for hpai?
How often one finds an antigenically different mutant?
How common is shredding in vaccinated flocks?
Recently there are technical reports about the success of recombinant vaccine HVT +AI.
Any practical experiences?
Auto vaccines prepared for a particular area especially for LPAI should work. Please share experiences if used.
Failure of biosecurity is known when the devastation begins. There is no foolproof definition for biosecurity.
Food & Allied Group of Companies
7 de marzo de 2017
Thanks Dr. Swayne for your replies. Biosecurity is the major defence against AI and all other pathogens. Vehicles should be restricted to enter the farms. It is not easy to decontaminate lorries especially feed lorries which had been to other farms during the day. Regarding vaccine, what is your opinion on VECTOR AI vaccine?
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