[Anne-Christine Lefort]

Are there systems available to quantify biosecurity in animal production ?

Several systems were developed to make an inventory of biosecurity measures taken in animal production. They are often developed as checklists or as manuals either by independent advisory organizations, governments or as supporting material in the marketing of specific disease prevention products (e.g. vaccines). Many systems are developed from the point of view of the control of a specific disease.

At Ghent University, the Biocheck.UGent™ biosecurity scoring system was developed and is currently available for use in pig, poultry and cattle herds (www.biocheck.ugent.be). The Biocheck.UGent™ system is a risk-based scoring system to quantify the on-farm biosecurity. It does not starts from a specific disease but rather approaches biosecurity in general and focusses on those aspects that are common for the transmission of many different types of infectious diseases.

for more info see: https://biocheckgent.com/en/faq

[Anne-Christine Lefort]

Thanks Jeroen, in France we have the PULSE excel file, that helps the farmer check his is online with the good biosecurity practices in his farm. This works for free-range broilers, ducks and gees (fattening ducks as well as “foie gras” ducks). It is available on the ITAVI website in french.

[Aitor Devesa]

In Spain, official veterinarians use a survey model within the national Salmonella control programme for broilers, layers, breeders and turkeys to detect risk factors for the entry of Salmonella (on-site and documentary audit): https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/ganaderia/temas/sanidad-animal-higiene-ganadera/pncspollosdeengorde2022_tcm30-441940.pdf Pages 7-9 https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/ganaderia/temas/sanidad-animal-higiene-ganadera/pncsponedoras2022_tcm30-441936.pdf pages 6-8 https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/ganaderia/temas/sanidad-animal-higiene-ganadera/pncsreproductoras2022_tcm30-441938.pdf pages 6-8 https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/ganaderia/temas/sanidad-animal-higiene-ganadera/pncspavos2022_tcm30-441939.pdf Pages 6-8. In CECAV we use this survey to carry out a comparative study of layer farms called BIOPON.

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