Biosecurity & Disease

 

Biosecurity is a program used to safeguard poultry from the introduction and spread of infectious agents. It is about keeping what is inside the barn in, and what is outside the barn out. Biosecurity is a multi-faceted health plan that includes isolation, traffic control (vectors and fomites), hygiene, mortality and manure management in addition to cleaning, disinfection and water sanitation.

Below you will find a variety of resources related to managing disease and good biosecurity practices.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) General Resources

This page is a one-stop shop for everything from best practices of biosecurity on your farm, contact information for permits, HPAI tracking dashboards and information about the Avian Influenza status.

To view previously hosted webinars with experts speaking about the HPAI situation, please feel free to check out our YouTube playlist here!

 Spring Migration

Download this document to keep the facts and contact information close. 

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Get agriculture, food and rural info with ONE number

OMAFRA has a contact centre to help you get the information you need: 1-877-424-1300

Responding to farm, agri-business and rural business inquiries.

With experience and backgrounds in agriculture and agri-business, the centre's agents are available to answer questions, provide information to help you make decisions, and if needed, put you in touch with one of our experts.

Reporting Non-Compliance of Regulatory Actions  

If you need to report any actions that are in non-compliance with regulations of rearing livestock you may report that information through the contact information below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OMAFRA: Animal health update: Avian influenza (February 17, 2023)

Click here for a general update on the HPAI situation as it relates to all poultry types.

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Small Flock Latest Information:

Something new: "Preventing Avian Influenza with Dr. Jean Pierre Vaillancourt"

  • Biosecurity Best Practises
  • Common biosecurity mistakes
  • Visuals showing the three-zone danish entry system

Access the PDF with visuals and the podcast here.

Join the e-mail listserve: We have a specific email list for Small Flock Updates which we send out from time to time to keep people informed.

Should you wish to be added to the list, please email us at pic[at]poultryindustrycouncil.ca

The small flock webinars from Spring and Fall 2022 are on our YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@poultryindustrycouncil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial flocks

Feather Board Command  Centre (FBCC)

Weekly meetings on Wednesdays designed for farmers and industry who are in the zone(s) and industry personnel that conduct business within/through the zone(s). For more information, please contact the FBCC team directly via their website fbcc.ca

Small flock stakeholders are also invited to register with their email to receive updates.

 

 CFIA Emergency Response

HPAI 2022 Event Response Plan - October 2022

 

 Your Mental Health Matters! 

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture has spearheaded an initiative to help connect producers with the resources they need to stay ahead of a mental health crisis.

CFIA Avian Influenza Control Zones Map: Ontario 

HPAI CFIA Map

CFIA HPAI Fact Sheet

CFIA HPAI Factsheet

Distribution of HPAI in North America 2021/22

HPAI North America

OMAFRA HPAI Fact Sheet

HPAI Factsheet

Deadstock Disposal

Deadstock disposal

HPAI Deadstock - OMAFRA Info Sheet

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Backyard Flock HPAI Infographic

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Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative

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Reporting for wild birds found sick or deceased:

Phone: 1-866-673-4781 

Live Bird Migration Maps

Live Bird Migration Map

Wild Birds - Stop the Spread

Stop the Spread

Deterring Migratory Birds

Deterring Migratory Birds

Preventing & managing conflicts with Birds

Preventing and Managing Conflicts

 

 

 

OMAFRA Prevent Conflicts with Wildlife

Prevent Conflicts

Biosecurity Funding

OMFARA BIO

AI Resources - Commercial Flocks

 
Information on CFIA Travel and Transport Permitting: 

For assistance with permits and movement control permissions in the Primary Control Zones call: email cfia.ontmovementlicandpermits-deplacementlicenceetpermis.acia@inspection.gc.ca

Surveillance and diagnostic line for sick bird and high mortality concerns:Private Vet, or CFIA office 

 

Ministry of Health

Recommendations of Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment for Workers and Employers Working with or around Poultry or Wild Birds.

Agricultural Information Contact Centre

 The reporting survey link on OMAFRA webpage: E-Report a Food Safety Concern Survey (surveymonkey.com)

Poultry Fecal Chart - Alltech

Download a pdf copy HERE

Good Biosecurity on Farms

BioS Farm Cards

Ontario Poultry Industry Biosecurity

Practises On-Farm Cards

OMAFRA BioS Factsheet

OMAFRA Factsheet on Biosecurity for

Small Flock Owners

 

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We all know what good on-farm biosecurity programs are about:
  1. washing your hands
  2. wearing barn specific clothes
  3. keeping good records

But how good are we at preventing contamination by practicing biosecurity?

To assess the effectiveness of on-farm biosecurity practices GloGerm™ was used to simulate disease spread & contamination at the Arkell Poultry Research Station in Guelph Ontario. This allowed us to observe how well project volunteers were able to contain the “spread of disease”.

For more information on this project, click on the name of the fact sheets below you wish to see:

1) Bootwashing Factsheet
2) Handwashing Factsheet
3) Health and Safety Equipment
4) Quarantine/ Mortality Management Factsheet