From: Measuring the costs of biosecurity on poultry farms: a case study in broiler production in Finland
Category number and name | Examples |
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1. Biosecurity plan | Adviser fees or working hours for designing and updating written disease protection plan |
2. Preventive medication | Cost of preventive medication, including the use of coccidiostats as a preventive measure to control coccidiosis and the use of a competitive exclusion product (Broilact®) for the prevention of intestinal disturbances in newly hatched chicks; also includes vaccination |
3. Pest control | Working hours or purchased pest protection (birds, rodents, insects), pesticides, traps, scarecrows, ventilation safety nets, etc. |
4. Equipment | Cost (or working hours) of machines, appliances and equipment and their maintenance concerning disease prevention, e.g. protective clothing, surface water handling |
5. Education | Working hours spent on education, maintenance and updating professional skills concerning disease protection |
6. Additional cleaning | Measures in addition to normal washing between the lots for disease prevention purposes (e.g. gassing) |
7. Contracts for purchases and sales | Cost (or working hours) of purchase contracts for disease prevention purposes (e.g. for feed) and working hours spent on clarifying and certifying the health of the flock when selling |
8. Construction plans, investments and subsidies | Working hours spent on considering disease protection when planning constructions, costs of investments in connection with disease prevention; subsidies received |
9. Health monitoring programmes | Costs and working hours associated with different kinds of existing health care programmes or agreements |
10. Operational hygiene | Time spent in showering before entering the production premises, as well as the time when the producer was out of the production facilitiesdue to the quarantine after a trip abroad; costs of workers' Salmonella certificate |
11. Time period for keeping production premises empty | Possible prolonged period during which the premises are held empty for disease prevention purposes |
12. Production monitoring | Costs of care for sick animals, laboratory costs, notifications and book-keeping on animal diseases and care |
13. Insurance | Annual insurance fees against animal diseases |
14. Control and inspections | Working hours and fees related to external inspection of animal health (by slaughter-house veterinarians, municipal veterinarians, etc.) |