Reduce incidence of zoonotic diseases in animals which might pose a hazard to human health

Activities making a positive contribution:

Activities Score
After slurry/manure application, pasture is not grazed for one month, preferably eight weeks, or until all visible signs of the slurry solids have disappeared 5
Incoming livestock are quarantined 5
Incoming pigs are quarantined 5
Livestock have individual (or batch) identification 5
Livestock health history is fully recorded 5
Livestock housing, passageways and yards are regularly cleaned 5
Livestock movements are fully recorded 5
Muckheaps must be fenced off if they are in areas accessible to stock 5
Notify the relevant authority immediately if you know or suspect that an animal or carcass on the farm is infected with: foot and mouth disease; bluetongue; rinderpest; peste des petits ruminants; swine vesicular disease; epizootic haemorrhagic virus disease of deer; sheep and goat pox; vesicular stomatitis; African swine fever; lumpy skin disease; Rift Valley fever 5
Pig housing, passageways and yards are regularly cleaned 5
Poultry housing, passageways and yards are regularly cleaned 5
Sick or injured livestock are isolated 5
Visitors to pig farms pass through adequate disinfection facilities 5
Visitors to poultry farms pass through adequate disinfection facilities 5
Visitors to the farm pass through adequate disinfection facilities 5
Veterinary equipment is maintained and kept clean 4

Defra Project IF0131
Assessment of reduction in environmental burdens through targeted measures compared with whole farm approaches in cropping and livestock systems
© AERU, University of Hertfordshire
Friday 30 October 2009