Biosecurity Compliance in European Poultry Farms

Contribute to making poultry farming safer and more sustainable

Biosecurity measures are crucial to prevent the introduction and spread of pathogens between poultry farms. Effective biosecurity helps to guarantee the health and the welfare of birds, as well as the quality and safety of poultry products.

On this four-week course from the University of Padova, you’ll survey biosecurity measures at all stages of poultry production, and discuss how we can enhance compliance across Europe.

Learn from leading European experts

Your course leaders are a team of expert researchers specialising in European poultry farming and biosecurity. They’ll provide step-by-step guidance on actions farms can take to enhance biosecurity.

You’ll compare and contrast levels of biosecurity compliance in different European countries, exploring how standards could be improved across the continent.

Examine biosecurity measures at each stage of the production cycle

Your next step is to understand the various biosecurity measures recommended prior to and at every stage of the production cycle.

You’ll master a wide range of essential processes, including vector control, waste management, and cleaning and disinfection.

Take a closer look at biosecurity in egg production

In the final week of the course, you’ll focus on the specific challenges of biosecurity in egg production. You’ll note the similarities and differences between egg and poultry farming, and learn how to safely handle hatching and table eggs.

You’ll finish the course armed with the training you need to make European poultry farming cleaner, safer, and more sustainable.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101000728.

This course is designed for anyone working on or interested in poultry farms across Europe.

It will also be useful for students of veterinary medicine or animal sciences who want to learn more about the specific challenges of biosecurity in poultry farming.

• Introduction to biosecurity in poultry farming in Europe
• Introduction: scope and objectives of this course
• What do you know about biosecurity?
• Biosecurity in the countries involved in the project
• Wrap up!
• Biosecurity at each step of the poultry production: before starting the cycle
• How to deal with biosecurity at the beginning of the productive cycle?
• Setting the farm before the beginning of the productive cycle
• Finally… arrival of poultry!
• Wrap up!
• Biosecurity along the productive cycle
• How to deal with biosecurity along the productive cycle?
• How to deal with biological vectors' control and management of wastes?
• How are poultry houses managed?
• End of the cycle: cleaning and disinfection (C&D) procedures and management of the flock
• Wrap up!
• Biosecurity of eggs
• What the egg? Biosecurity in hatching and table eggs
• How to deal with biosecurity for hatching and table eggs?
• Insight into the topic
• Wrap up!