Locate poultry units away from sources of salmonella infection, such as other poultry farms, landfill sites, abbatoirs and sewage treatment plants

Keep salmonella out of poultry farms

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Best Practice Guidance:

• Defra (2002) Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control of Salmonella in Chickens reared for meat on farm. Defra, PB7323
• Defra (2003) Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control of Salmonella in Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries. Defra, PB1564
• Defra (2005) Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control in Commerical Egg Laying Flocks. Defra
• Defra (2001) Food Safety: Minimising the Risk of Salmonella in Broilers. Livestock Knowledge Transfer Initatitve. Defra, Leaflet 521

Defra Project IF0131
Assessment of reduction in environmental burdens through targeted measures compared with whole farm approaches in cropping and livestock systems
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