Queensland Guidelines: Meat Chicken Farms - Department of ...

- 5000 metres between a meat
chicken farm complex and a meat
chicken breeder farm
meat chicken farms have a perimeter
fence or otherwise well defined
boundary that establishes a clearly
defined biosecurity zone
surface water used for meat chicken
drinking water or cooling water in sheds
must be treated in accordance with the
requirements of the National Water
Biosecurity Manual Poultry Production
persons entering a meat chicken farm
strictly follow the biosecurity protocols to
avoid cross contamination
trucks collecting dead birds, picking up
birds for processing and delivering feed
strictly follow farm biosecurity protocols
to avoid contamination on-farm
an area is made available for vehicles to
be washed and disinfected before and
after entering the meat chicken farm
complex (production area)
grazing livestock and other domestic
animals do not have access to the
production area at any time
rodents and feral animals on the farm
are controlled
contact between the flock and native
animals and/or wild birds is prevented
compost facilities are located away from
sheds and boundary fences
composting areas are kept neat and
clean at all times to keep away rodents,
cats, dogs, feral animals, scavenging
birds and flies
shed openings are to remain closed or
screened at all times when the sheds
contain birds, other than for the purpose
of facilitating access or egress.
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