Biosecurity protocol

Question 1

Foot Baths

Answer 1

-stategically placed between mews
- step into foot bath before entering mew
- step into foot bath after entering mew
- few locations have spray bottles of HDQ solution rather than foot baths

Question 2

Tools and instruments

Answer 2

• any tools used for raking and cleaning mews need to be disinfected before being used in another mew (rakes, scrub brushes, etc.)
• any instrument used for treating a bird needs to be disinfected directly after use (scissors, forceps, tubes, etc.)

Question 3

Dishes and Diet Preparation

Answer 3

• food bowls need to be washed and disinfected after birds fed
• washe dished with regular dish soap and water
• then soak in tub od dilute HDQ
  -rinse dishes off after disinfected
• store clean dishes in drying racks

Question 4

Crates and Cages

Answer 4

• after travel crate i sued, the newspapers should be thrown away and box should be sprayed with HDQ and wiped down
• all crates used for rehab birds are stored SEPARATELY from crates used for education birds

Question 5

Baby Birds

Answer 5

• wash hapnds before feeding baby birds (songbirds, raptors, etc.)
• each individual baby should have own set of tweezers/forceps used for feeding, as well as own food supply (same tweezers/forceps and same food supply can be used for a single nest of babies/siblings!!)
• wash hands before and after feeding each baby, especially before moving on to feed another baby