sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
The importance of biosecurity in reducing HPAI risk
This section is taken from a paper on HPAI and biosecurity prepared for the New Delhi conference by FAO in collaboration with the World Bank and OIE
? see Events section on the avian influenza website at
http://www.fao.org/avianflu
The current panzootic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has demonstrated that in many countries in which the potential for disease transmission is high, HPAI cannot easily be eradicated by stamping out and vaccination only. To make further progress in areas where disease has become entrenched, national authorities and other stakeholders must be encouraged to give higher priority to promoting and implementing measures to reduce the risk of disease transmission. Of these, the major component is biosecurity.
The key to sustainable control lies in implementing the highest possible biosecurity measures in the entire production-consumption chain. By protecting poultry through biosecurity we will also be protecting people.
Raising the level of biosecurity in the poultry sector is a long-term approach that requires financial investment and behaviour change.
However, the expected returns will be longterm benefits for both producers and consumers in terms of reduced disease incidence not only of HPAI but other diseases and their associated public health and economic impact......
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http://www.fao.org/docs/eims/upload//237459/AIDEnews_dec07_no49.pdf
This section is taken from a paper on HPAI and biosecurity prepared for the New Delhi conference by FAO in collaboration with the World Bank and OIE
? see Events section on the avian influenza website at
http://www.fao.org/avianflu
The current panzootic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has demonstrated that in many countries in which the potential for disease transmission is high, HPAI cannot easily be eradicated by stamping out and vaccination only. To make further progress in areas where disease has become entrenched, national authorities and other stakeholders must be encouraged to give higher priority to promoting and implementing measures to reduce the risk of disease transmission. Of these, the major component is biosecurity.
The key to sustainable control lies in implementing the highest possible biosecurity measures in the entire production-consumption chain. By protecting poultry through biosecurity we will also be protecting people.
Raising the level of biosecurity in the poultry sector is a long-term approach that requires financial investment and behaviour change.
However, the expected returns will be longterm benefits for both producers and consumers in terms of reduced disease incidence not only of HPAI but other diseases and their associated public health and economic impact......
http://www.fao.org/docs/eims/upload//237459/AIDEnews_dec07_no49.pdf