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- At a commercial poultry premises near Wooler, Northumberland a case of avian influenza H5N1 was confirmed on the 27th November 2023.
- On the 26th November 2023 four additional cases of bluetongue were confirmed at two more premises in Kent.
Our biosecurity services
A number of threats exist within the agricultural industry that can impact your livelihood and reputation.
Our biosecurity services team provide expert guidance to help navigate your business through any uncertainty by implementing effective biosecurity strategies that mitigate the risk of disease entering your farm.
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Biosecurity advisory service
Our unique biosecurity advisory service provides farm businesses with an on-farm visit from a biosecurity expert, who can give you a detailed breakdown of your operations, identify any risks and partner with you to build a plan on how to reduce them.
Our biosecurity experts have years of technical and on-farm experience, allowing them to deliver advisory services that put in place the highest level of disease prevention.
With this service, you will receive:
- A full on-farm advisory service, with the opportunity to arrange multiple farm visits, on each site for your entire farm business
- Complete business overview, including assessment findings and recommendations
- Review of the current measures in place and critical data collection
- Farm-mapping, looking at layout and operations
- Identification of issues and the solutions advised
- Defined on-farm processes and recommended protocols
- Biosecurity performance scoring
Contingency plan
Contingency planning is a crucial part of poultry farming. At Livetec we have developed contingency plans that cover every aspect of a farm business. Our plans predict potential scenarios, risks and emergencies that could arise in the future.
Using this knowledge, we design strategies that help you to manage the impact of these risks and provide you with a clear roadmap of what to do, should you face any issues, including disease outbreaks and processing delays. Our contingency plans are also aligned with both the APHA disease outbreak measures and Defra’s disease protocols.
Our contingency plans provide:
- Biosecurity plan
- Emergency response plan
- National outbreak plan
- Cleansing and disinfection plan
Biosecurity plan
Having a biosecurity plan is absolutely essential for the running of a farm business. Without a plan in place, animals and businesses are left susceptible to the introduction of deadly pathogens.
We use our years of knowledge and on-farm experience to curate a bespoke biosecurity plan that outlines and breaks down all of the measures that need to be followed by every single person on and off farm, to prevent the introduction of deadly pathogens.
Our biosecurity plans provide:
- A full biosecurity overview to provide a line of protection
- An outline of defined biosecurity protocol
- An all-year escalation planning and high-risk period prevention plan
- A cleaning and disinfection record
- An plan to deal with pest incursion
- Assurance scheme mapping and compliance scheme breakdowns, including Lion Code and Red Tractor
- Updates on the latest government demands and legislation that is critical to add to your Biosecurity Plan
Emergency response plan
An emergency response plan significantly enhances your preparedness for a potential disease outbreak.
When outbreaks occur, zones are put in place. If your premises is caught in a zone, you will be visited by APHA. If an outbreak is confirmed, there will be a significant number of people on your premises, including APHA who need a lot of information from you. A Livetec emergency response plan holds all of the critical information you will ever need to comply with APHAs requests, allowing you to be less stressed and make the process smoother.
Our Emergency Response Plan provides:
- A complete business and location overview, in relation to biosecurity planning
- Key contact listing and mapping of the surrounding area
- Immediate action plan on suspicion of disease
- An infected premises information form
- Record of factual farm information
- Facility planning for visitors
- An infected premises map, showing animal health where to implement boundaries
- On-site storage and holding capacity planning
- Waste water containment and disposal schedule, related to cleaning and disinfection
- Templates for bird numbers and housing
- A pest control plan
- Depopulation outline of operations
National outbreak plan
The upward trend in avian influenza cases over the past year has reinforced the need for bird owners to plan ahead.
Our national outbreak plan distils all the regulations and requirements set by the UK government into an easy to follow document, to provide bird owners with a wealth of up to date information, detailing everything you need to know should you be impacted by zones or a disease outbreak.
Our national outbreak plan provides:
- A how-to guide for disease declaration
- Information reporting when zones are implemented
- Explanation of movement restrictions
- Movement licensing and their conditions of use
- Zone definitions and their requirements
- How to deal with the media
- Farming related support services and mental health planning
- A guide on how to change or update your CPH number
- Updates of the Governments exotic diseases control and AI policy
- An acronym glossary to quickly define key terms
Cleaning and disinfection plan
A critical part of disease recovery includes the ability to undertake thorough and comprehensive cleaning and disinfection of the premises. Should you be impacted by an outbreak, there are very specific ways in which these measures need to be applied. Our cleaning and disinfection plan is designed to give you the framework, instructions and show compliance to APHA that you are prepared to undertake all of the steps necessary to make your business operational again.
Our cleaning and disinfection plan provides:
- A structure to build a fully defined schedule of works for cleansing and disinfection
- Details as to how cleaning and disinfection works should be carried out
- Breakdown of the Regulatory Position Statement (RPS)
- Guidelines on how to carry out internal cleaning of equipment
- A plan on the use and disposal of water used in the cleansing process
- Schedule of works sample for cleansing and disinfection
- An acronym glossary of the critical terms related to C&D works
Having a plan in place saves you time, stress and money, allowing you to have peace of mind that you can become operational again promptly.
Biosecurity services for insurance purposes
Contingency planning is a crucial part of poultry farming. In order to have the right level of cover on your farm, you must be able to tell insurers the biosecurity measures you have in place, and any plans you have that mitigate your risks of a disease outbreak.
Your dedicated Livetec biosecurity advisor will conduct a telephone consultation to establish whether a desk-based risk assessment is required. This discussion will be informative and explorative to give us a full understanding of your current biosecurity measures and protocols.
Should an on-site risk assessment be required, our experts will use the findings from our visit to provide you with a detailed report, outlining any current biosecurity threats, highlighting any structural or operational biosecurity vulnerabilities. Additionally, we build bespoke biosecurity maps to outline control points, ancillary, and the rest of the farm area.
- Standalone risk assessment; visit & documentation
- Desk-based risk assessment; telephone consultation
Farm Health Guardian
Farm Health Guardian (FHG) by Livetec Systems is a proven farm biosecurity management software that helps you and your employees protect the health of your livestock and poultry, saving producers and food companies time and money.
This unique biosecurity software helps you to keep track of movements on and off of your farm premises, providing you with the insights that you need to keep your business and animals safe.