22 PartAge by ITAVI (Farm Innovation)

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Significant Impact Group(s): Biosecurity

Species targeted: Poultry;
Age: Young; Adult;
Summary: Biosecurity in poultry farming: a participatory approach to promote compliance
The objective of the PartAge project is to offer a support method based on a participatory approach, for a sustainable change in biosecurity practices in poultry farming.
This 3-year project will test the impact of participatory meetings on changing practices, compliance and the perception of biosecurity, organized with two groups of conventional poultry and outdoor poultry farmers. These meetings should make it possible to compare experiences, increase awareness and encourage the involvement of breeders in a process of progress.
At the end of the project, a tool for organizing and leading participatory meetings will be created to be used in steps to improve biosafety by technical support teams.
22 Farm Innovation – PartAge by ITAVI
Where to find the original material: (in French)
https://www.itavi.asso.fr/content/biosecurite-en-elevage-avicole-une-approche-participative-pour-favoriser-lobservance;
Country: FR

22 Farm Innovation – PartAge by ITAVI

21 Refa2vi project by SYNALAF (Farm Innovation)

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Significant Impact Group(s): AMU reduction strategies \ Monitoring and surveillance \ Antibiotic use

Species targeted: Poultry;
Age: Young; Adult;
Outcome Parameter(s): Effects social and/or public health positively.
Summary: A tool for monitoring the use of antibiotics in poultry farms
The objective of the RefA²vi project is to build a tool for monitoring the use of antibiotics in livestock poultry, allowing industry professionals to have precise and reliable national references, expressed by the through one or more indicators in accordance with national and European recommendations.
It’s about:
• for farmers: to situate the level of use of antibiotics in their farms and its evolution;
• for the sectors: anticipate crisis situations, changes in regulations, target actions to be taken
to develop practices, and to promote the efforts made by the profession to consumers.
21 Farm Innovation – Refa2vi project by SYNALAF
Where to find the original material: (in French)
https://www.itavi.asso.fr/download/8888;
Country: FR

21 Farm Innovation – Refa2vi project by SYNALAF

20 Cider vinegar in water by Mr Wijnen (Farm Innovation)

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Significant Impact Group(s): Water \ Water additives ; Specific alternatives

Species targeted: Poultry;
Age: Young; Adult;
Outcome Parameter(s): vital chicks
Summary: The story of one farmer: Using apple cider vinegar in drinkingwater of chickens lowers use of antibiotics.
“It is nonsense that the animals should be given antibiotics to stay healthy.”
Story of one poultry farmer.
20 Farm Innovation – Cider vinegar in water by Mr Wijnen
Where to find the original material: (in Dutch)
https://www.boerderij.nl/Pluimveehouderij/Achtergrond/2010/4/Gezonde-kuikens-met-appelazijn-BOE011309W/;
Country: NL

20 Farm Innovation – Cider vinegar in water by Mr Wijnen

17 Indic@Vet by Ceva/Sanders

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Significant Impact Group(s): AMU reduction strategies \ Monitoring and surveillance \ Antibiotic use

Species targeted: Rabbit; Pigs; Poultry;
Summary: Sanders and Ceva joined forces to launch Indic@Vet:
Indic @ Vet is an innovative and unique tool for monitoring the consumption of antibiotics in rabbit, meat poultry and egg and pig farming, developed by the company DBM for SANDERS in partnership with the French veterinary laboratory Ceva.
Indic @ Vet makes it possible to objectify, measure and enhance the actions put in place to reduce the use of antibiotics, to compare changes by production, sector or breeder, and with French or European benchmarks. It collects and correlates production data on the one hand, and data on prescriptions from volunteer veterinarians or breeders on the other. Based on drug consumption data and official calculation methods, a follow-up calculation of antibiotic consumption is carried out in order to view the official French and European indicators (mg / kg, ALEA, DDDvet, DCDvet) for each quarter or each batch of animals.
17 Tools & Checklists – Indic at Vet by Ceva Sanders
Where to find the original material: (in French;)
https://www.ceva-santeanimale.fr/Actualites-media/Actualites/Sanders-et-Ceva-s-associent-pour-lancer-Indic-Vet;
Country: France;

17 ToolsChecklists – Indic at Vet by Ceva Sanders

14 Review on progress and what practices have changed by Reseau Crystal (Farm Innovation)

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Species targeted: Poultry;
Age: Young; Adult;
Outcome Parameter(s): Is effects social and/or public health positively
Summary: This short review discusses farm and veterinarian practices related to the objective of a 25% reduction in antibiotics in veterinary medicine in France, between 2010 and 2014. Topics such as critical antibiotics (3rd or 4th generation cephalosporins and Fluoroquinoloes), age at treatment, digestive diagnosis, locomotion and start-up, respirator diagnosis are discussed.
14 Farm Innovation – Review on progress and what practices have changed by Reseau Crystal
Where to find the original material: (in French)
https://www.filieres-avicoles.com/actualites/utilisation-des-antibiotiques-au-sein-des-filieres-avicoles?sso0=1562064077&sso=1585818711;
Country: FR

14 Farm Innovation – Review on progress and what practices have changed by Reseau Crystal

13 Predict and Prevent by Prognostixs (Farm Innovation)

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13 Farm Innovation
Predict and Prevent by Prognostixs
Significant Impact Group(s): Housing and welfare \ Climate; Precision Livestock Farming & Early detection
Species targeted: Poultry;
Age: Young; Adult;
Summary: Predict and prevent by Prognostixs:
The data captured from all the sensors is clearly visualised through our PrognostiX software application and can be integrated into other existing software platforms.
Tracking and analysing performance is a key aim with the Predict & Prevent Platform. The solution measures and compares key environmental and health indicators captured by the sensors or manually input via a mobile tablet device to improve efficiency and allow for rapid and informed on farm management decisions.
Key features, among others, are:

• Quick access for multiple herds across hundreds of farms across the UK via a single dashboard anywhere in the world (customizable to exact requirements)
• Software instantly transforms data inputs into clear, visual representations that enable users to monitor performance over time and quickly identify trends or discrepancies
• In-built alert system allows user to easily identify where data readings fall outside thresholds i.e. where performance is off target
13 Farm Innovation – Predict and Prevent by Prognostixs
Where to find the original material: (in English)
https://www.prognostix-uk.com/product-and-prevent-platform/;
Country: UK

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Predict and Prevent using this platform for better result in poultry.

11 PULSE by ITAVI (Tools & checklists)

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Significant Impact Group(s): Biosecurity
Species targeted: Poultry;
Summary: PULSE, a tool created by ITAVI in France:
The application of biosecurity measures in animal husbandry aims to prevent or limit the introduction,
circulation and dissemination of contaminants. To help farmers assess the conformity of their farming
systems and practices, a biosecurity self-assessment tool has been built, including all of the expected
recommendations. It was conceived as a tool for progress, making it possible to target the points to be
improved in the short or medium term and proposing ways of improvement to be discussed, in concert
with technical supervision.
The purpose of this tool is to support producers in the implementation of biosecurity procedures and to
maintain vigilance over the long term.
11 ToolsChecklists – PULSE by ITAVI
Where to find the original material: (in French;)
https://www.itavi.asso.fr/content/jevalue-la-biosecurite-sur-mon-exploitation-de-volailles-plein-air;
Country: France;

4 Lactobacillus plantarum S27 from chicken faeces as a potential probiotic to replace antibiotics in vivo evidence (Research paper; Benbara, 2020)

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4 Research paper
Lactobacillus plantarum S27 from chicken faeces as a potential probiotic to replace antibiotics: in vivo evidence by Benbara, T., Lalouche, S., Drider, D., and F. Bendali
2020 Beneficial Microbes 11: 163-173
in Significant Impact Group(s): Specific alternatives \ Pre-/probiotics

Species targeted: Poultry;
Outcome Parameter(s): Improved production; lower disease susceptibility
Summary: A Lactobacillus plantarum strain was isolated from chicken faeces and assessed for its probiotic use. The administration of L. plantarum S27 to each chick daily by gavage, for 31 days, permitted to improve the animal food intake and weight. Supplementation of L. plantarum S27 resulted in increased live body weight since the 4th week, compared to chickens from group 1 (preventive antibiotic treatment with erythromycin) and group 2 (control group without treatment). Remarkably, weights of carcasses, heart and gizzard from the probiotic treated group 3 were significantly higher. In vitro and in vivo analyses indicated that L. plantarum S27 is a potential probiotic for chickens as alternative to antibiotics in animals feeding. This study underlines the richness of chicken digestive tract as source for probiotic strains. This study underlines the richness of the chicken digestive tract as a source for potential probiotic strains. However, it is important to assess these probiotic properties first by extensive in vitro analyses such as gastric acidity (pH 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 2.5), tolerance to bile salts, adherence to broiler intestinal cells and antibacterial activity. Out of the strains isolated, only a few potentially interesting strains remain which fulfilled the probiotics criteria selection and expressed antibacterial activities against the enteric avian pathogens, such as E. coli and S. enterica, which are frequently encountered during poultry production. One selected Lactobacillus plantarum strain was subequently tested for susceptibility to antibiotics and adhesion to poultry intestinal cells to ascertain it probiotic attributes. Finally an in vivo experiment with chicks was set up with this selected Lactobacillus plantarum which proved its potential interesting probiotic properties such as reducing the amount of Enterobacteriaceae (as indicator bacteria of avian pathogens) in the intestine, and increased weight gain. Taken all together, the data from this study support an application of this strain as a future probiotic to be applied during food-animal production as replacement of in feed antibiotics.
4 Research paper – Benbara – 2020 – Lactobacillus plantarum S27 from chicken faeces as a potential probiotic to replace
antibiotics_in vivo evidence
Where to find the original material:
https://www.wageningenacademic.com/doi/abs/10.3920/BM2019.0116;
https://doi.org/10.3920/BM2019.0116
Country: DZ

 

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Vaccination: a way to reduce the consumption of antibiotics in poultry

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The outbreaks of infectious diseases, especially infectious bronchitis, infectious bursitis, Newcastle disease, and others decreases the overall flock health, in some instances animals must be culled or it might increase the necessity to use antibiotics because of secondary bacterial infection activation. Vaccination is the most effective animal health intervention to prevent dangerous infectious disease outbreaks, decrease overall mortality, economic losses, and antibiotic consumption.

Vaccines in poultry can be applied via drinking water, food, spray, or injection. To ensure a vaccine will provide a desired effect, they have to be stored properly based on the manufacture’s recommendations.

If vaccines are administered via the drinking water line, the line has to be flushed in order to reduce bacterial biofilms and algae formation on its walls. In most cases, appropriate water/vaccine dilution has to be acquired based on the producer’s recommendations. When the correct vaccine dilution for a particular group is prepared, it can be added to an automatic dispenser which is connected to the drinking line. Ensure that the birds do drink the vaccine at the time specified in instruction. For vaccine application via spray attenuate (dilute) the vaccine according to producer or your veterinarian’s instructions and according to your herd needs. Place the prepared working solution in the nebulizer. To improve vaccine correct intake, adjust the droplet size to reach the target tissues. The vaccine should be sprayed systematically and evenly so that each chick receives its dose, but without causing undue stress to the chickens. Check broiler health status after vaccination.

Best practice recommendations regarding cleaning and disinfection

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A thorough cleaning and disinfection protocol is needed to control infectious diseases. Hygiene is equally important for keeping your animals healthy. A proper cleaning and disinfection protocol will reduce the infection pressure. A clean area provides the ideal conditions for healthy animals to live and grow. 

Ideally, a cleaning and disinfection protocol consists of seven steps. It only starts after the removal of animals. 

  1. Dry cleaning

Organic material (faeces, dust, soil) present in the stables/houses should be removed as much as possible. If this step is not performed well, the other steps will already be jeopardized. 

  1. Soaking of all surfaces

Soaking of the surfaces with detergent will loosen the remaining dirt. 

  1. High-pressure cleaning

All foam from the previous step will be removed by cleaning with water under high pressure. Start from the top of the building and work your way down. Don’t forget drinkers and feed troughs. 

  1. Drying

Let the stable/house dry out completely before moving on to the disinfection step. Otherwise, the disinfectant will be diluted and thus less effective. 

  1. Disinfection

Disinfection will further reduce the load of infectious agents. The instructions of the manufacturer must be followed carefully. 

  1. Drying

Make sure the buildings are completely dry before allowing animals to enter. This will ensure the animals cannot come into contact with remaining pools of disinfectant.  

  1. Efficacy testing

Finally, in order to check whether your hard work has paid off, test the efficacy of your procedure by sampling different surfaces. 

 

It is important to perform the steps mentioned above in all animal houses!