Hygiene And Sanitation Program Flashcards
One of the veterinary intervention designed to promote animal health.
Minimize contact between disease agents and the animal and will result to disease free or healthy animals.
Hygiene and sanitation program
Here, the livestocks are not confined in suitable housing.
- chickens are allowed to room around during the day and in the evening the roost under the fruit trees or in the makeshift sheltered area.
- carabao/cattle, goat/sheep
Tethered all the time at home or in the grazing area.
Likely placed under the trees.
Traditional village/backyard
Pigs are being raised in houses with concrete floors.
Sanitary and hygiene measures are practiced in the rural villages to a certain degree.
Traditional village/backyard
Three hygienic measures to minimize/prevent the entry/occurrence of disease agents/problems.
- Biosecurity measure
- Confine animals in suitable housing
- Regular grooming of animals
- Quarantine and isolation of disease animal.
- Provision of confinement housing with perimeter fence.
- People can also introduce infection to healthy animals.
- Equipment and supplies needed in the farm are sterilized.
Biosecurity measure
Where does the diseases agent came from:
- Garbage feeding
- contaminated clothing and shoes
- international travelers
- sick pigs
- contaminated feed
- feral swine
- contaminated vehicles and equipment
- It is one of the hygienic measures to minimize the occurrence of disease problem, it confine the poultry and pigs raised in the backyard trace chicken in cages.
- Clean the house and disinfect between batch (all in all out.)
- Well drained holding area.
- Regular removal and proper disposal of manure, liters, and garbage.
- Check the drinking water supply.
- Quarantine of premises during outbreaks of disease.
Confine animals in suitable housing
- It is the removal of dirt and unnecessary hairs.
- Removal of flies and tick infestation.
- Teeth and gums can cause poor appetite.
Regular grooming of animals
Five recommended procedures in disinfection.
- Remove all loose dirt, liter and other organic materials from the area to be disinfected.
- Use recommended disinfectant as prescribed by the manufacturers.
- Apply the disinfectant thoroughly.
- Allow the disinfectant time to act.
- Heat is the most reliable disinfectant.
Seven chemical compounds used in disinfection.
- Broad antimicrobial activity.
- High stability and permeability.
- Low toxicity to animal.
- Not irritate the skin and free from corrosive property and offensive odor.
- Not cause pollution and disturb the ecology of the environment.
- Not interfere with normal healing process.
- Readily available at a reasonable cost.
Broad antimicrobial activity.
High stability and permeability.
Low toxicity to animal.
Not irritate the skin and free from corrosive property and offensive odor.
Not cause pollution and disturb the ecology of the environment.
Not interfere with normal healing process.
Readily available at a reasonable cost.
Chemical compounds used in disinfection
Act of removing all loose dirt, liter and other organic materials from the area to be disinfected.
Use recommended disinfectant as prescribed by the manufacturers.
Apply the disinfectant thoroughly.
Allow the disinfectant time to act.
Heat is the most reliable disinfectant.
Recommended procedures in disinfection
Biosecurity measure.
Confine animals in suitable housing.
Regular grooming of animals.
Hygienic measure to minimize the occurrence of disease problems