The possibility of dairy farms isolation assessment: Biosecurity aspect

Abstract

The effects of general and special biosecurity measures to prevent introduction of infectious agents in a dairy farm or its spreading from farm were analyzed 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.

U radu su detaljno analizirani efekti preduzetih opštih i posebnih mera biosigurnosti koji se odnose na sprečavanje unošenja infektivnog materijala u farmu muznih krava ili njegovog širenja sa farme. Ispitivanja su obavljena na 5 farmi muznih krava različite tehnologije proizvodnje i kapaciteta metodom upitnika (Hristov i Stanković, 2009), kao i sagledavanjem položaja farme u odnosu na moguće izvore biorizika u bližoj i daljoj okolini. Rezultati ispitivanja ukazuju da na svim posmatranim farmama postoje ozbiljni nedostaci u pogledu mogućnosti unošenja infektivnih agenasa u proizvodni zapat, ali i njegovog mogućeg širenja na okolinu. Iako su sve ograđene, a položaj većine ispitivanih farmi uglavnom povoljan, otvorenost prostora i nedostatak zelenog pojasa, nekontrolisano prisustvo divljih ptica i glodara u objektima za držanje krava pa čak i smeštaj hrane, kao i kontakt zaposlenih sa drugim govedima koja ne pripadaju farmi predstavljaju ozbiljnu pretnju po zdravstveno stanje zapata i proizvodnju farme.