Estudio de las condiciones de bioseguridad en las cuales están construidas las granjas avícolas en la zona del cantón marcabelí

Abstract

Biosecurity is a group of standards or guidelines used to prevent the entry and spread of diseases affecting poultry farms. This is essential for any poultry production as it helps to guarantee the health and productivity of the flock also ratifies a good economic gain. In general, it is based on the regulations assigned by Agrocalidad, which refer to the location, distribution and structure of the farm; hygiene, cleaning and disinfection; control of visits, vehicles, material and equipment, health plan, treatment of bed and guano, elimination of dead birds and records. This research is carried out in order to verify whether the poultry farms of Marcabelí comply with the regulations implemented by Agrocalidad for the construction of their sheds and identify the existence of economic losses through a bibliographic investigation. After carrying out this bibliographic research, it resulted in some poultry farms not complying with certain regulations, the same ones that cause economic losses, it is best to implement a good biosecurity system in order to reduce the risk of contracting diseases and avoid the transmission of pathogens to poultry farms. Some of Marcabelí farms are not applying the biosecurity standards implemented by Agrocalidad, which are aimed at achieving attitudes and behaviors that reduce the risk of contracting diseases and prevent the entry and transmission of pathogens on farms, thus minimizing economic losses that the poultry farm may suffer.