DUCK VIRAL ENTERITIS

Question 1

PQ - Preventive measures for duck viral enteritis – additional question

Answer 1

• No keeping on natural water during 2 weeks before laying period
• No susceptible birds on infected natural water for 2 years except vaccinated broiler ducks
• Separation of breeding and broiler flocks

Question 2

Measures of confirmed duck viral enteritis – additional question

Answer 2

Birds with clinical signs → Killing
Birds with no clinical signs
- Immediate slaughter + heat treatment of meat
- OR vaccination (recovered flock) and observation:
For 30 days: no breeding, movement restriction until slaughter
Or for 28 days: disinfection of hatching eggs, separate hatching, 2 checks during hatching, separate fattening of hatched birds