4/23/2015
Truckers use biosecurity measures to contain spread of bird flu
By Clarissa Hawes, Land Line staff writer
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Trucking companies that haul poultry and eggs are doing their part to prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus, ramping up their biosecurity measures.
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“We have 14 trucks and 40 trailers, and our main concern is making sure we are doing all we need to do to make sure we don’t spread anything,” the trucking company owner, who didn’t want to be named, said.
He said the majority of his days have been spent implementing strict biosecurity measures for his trucks since the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the avian outbreaks in commercial flocks in his home state.
He told Land Line his company is using three organic disinfectants, based on his customers’ preferences, that are not chlorine-based to clean tires and trailers. Much of his days have also been spent making sure his trucks are using the right routes to get to the right locations since the outbreaks.
So far, the Iowa trucking company owner says he hasn’t passed any additional costs on to his customers, even though he has had to reroute trucks, sometimes as much as 60 miles, on a normally 80-mile load, to avoid the quarantined areas surrounding the infected sites... . - See more at:
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