The possibility of dairy farms isolation assessment - biosecurity aspect
2011
Stanković, B., Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade - Zemun (Serbia) | Hristov, S., Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade - Zemun (Serbia) | Bojkovski, J., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade (Serbia) | Zlatanović, Z., High Agriculture and Food Processing School of Professional Studies, Prokuplje (Serbia) | Maksimović, N., Institute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade-Zemun (Serbia) | Todorović-Joksimović, M., Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade - Zemun (Serbia) | Davidović, V., Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade - Zemun (Serbia)
The effects of general and special biosecurity measures to prevent introduction of infectious agents in a dairy farm or its spreading from farm were analysed in details in this paper. Investigations were conducted on five different dairy farm production with different technology and capacity using a questionnaire method (Hristov and Stanković, 2009), as well as scrutinizing their positions in relation to possible sources bio-risks from the near and far away environment. Test results showed that there are serious shortcomings on all observed farms, regarding the possibility of introduction of infectious agents in the production herd, and its possible spread to the environment. Although all fenced and a position of the most of the farms mostly favourable, there are some serious threats to the herd health and farm production, regarding open space and lack of green belt, the uncontrolled presence of wild birds and rodents in facilities and even in feed storage, as well as contact of the employees with other cows not belonging to the farm.
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