Common infectious diseases of poultry can chronically lower flock performance. Better farm biosecurity can improve overall flock health, cut the costs of disease treatment, reduce losses and improve farm profitability.
Biosecurity is also the best form of defence against emergency diseases. The outbreaks of disease in Lower Fraser Valley and the recent outbreaks of avian influenza in Europe and Asia focussed attention on the large economic risks associated with outbreaks of these diseases. As part of new arrangements between government and industry for sharing emergency disease response costs, poultry producers are expected to implement on-farm biosecurity programs and follow them on a daily basis to reduce the risk of transmission of disease onto and between poultry farms.
CHEQ™ builds on existing good production practices, and incorporates CBHEMA’s 1996 Bio- Security & Sanitation Practices for Broiler Hatching Egg production.
CHEQ™ is a major element in Canadian poultry industry’s “gate to plate” food safety strategy.
CHEQ™ assists producers to fully document the food safety controls.
