The most important part of biosecurity programs is often changing the way of thinking about what is clean and what is dirty - and acting accordingly. An understanding of the reasons why you implement certain biosecurity measures on a farm can help significantly in persuading staff to behave according to these rules. Biosecurity measurements must be simple, well understandable, agreed upon and monitored.
Every offence against the biosecurity rules is a serious threat to the health status of a farm. All people must be aware of this fact and be aware of the risks and the possible consequences of these risks. Biosecurity is the cheapest, most effective mean of disease control.
Biosecurity is the cheapest, most effective mean of
disease control. The difficulty is not to implement a biosecurity program but to maintain it.