Turkey Industry Can Develop Program
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by a bacteria), which can be just as
deadly, especially for die very
young, very old, or
immunosuppressed.
The Centers for Disease Control
and the USDA Animal Plant
Health and Inspection Service
agree that 95 parent of the cases
of foodbome illness occur because
food is not properly handled and
prepared. “At proper temperature,
one bacterium can become 16 mil
lion within eight hours,” said
Kradel.
Kradel said that HACCP can
briefly be described as “Number
1, say what you will do; number 2,
do what you say; and three, be able
to prove it" The BMP strategy,
while similar to HACCP,. can be
justas effective in ensuring control
“I don't think wo have an option of not developing some
type of program,” said Dr. David Kradel, Industry coordlna
torof the Pa. Egg Quality Assurance Program (PEQAP), left,
on Thursday. Kradel spoke during a panel with Dan Benson.
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of foodbome pathogens, except
that HACCP is more record
intensive.
A turkey BMP would be:
• Purchase healthy poults from
breeder flocks monitored for
Salmonella.
• Have rodent control program.
•Place birds in clean, well
ventilated facilities.
• Attend to feed quality and
proper feed storage. Use well
formulated and properly
pcllctizcd-crumblcd feeds.
• Use closed (nipples) drinking
system.
• Use competitive exclusion
(CE) product (antibiotics) post
hatch.
A detailed HACCP program is
similar, but more record-based:
• Purchase poults that are Sal-
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Dennis Wages, North Car
olina State University, spoke
to turkey producers oh
Thursday.
monella negative from
Salmonella-negative flocks and
test on arrival. If positive, have
plan on what to do.
• Follow a written and regularly
monitored rodent control program.
Index-rodent populations. Inten
sify efforts if rod ;nt index exceeds
one.
• Clean, disinfect, and or fumi
gate house between flocks if prior
flock is Salmonella positive. Cul
ture house for Salmonella before
bird placement
• Require feed supplied to be
formulated from Salmonella
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feeds. Possibly require negative
Salmonella certification and ran
domly test feed for Salmonella.
■ Use closed (nipple) drinking
system. Test water for coliforms
and chlorinate water regularly if
positive.
• Use competitive exclusion
(antibiotic) product
The turkey industry needs some
form of BMP or HACCP strategy
because “it’s obviously a hot
political issue.” said Kradel.
Importantly, education is a key
factor if the turkey industry wants
to be able to survive. Already,
according to Dan Benson, Rccco
Enterprises, who also spoke about
the implications of food safety on
turkey growers, the seafood indus
try has begun to work closely with
USDA in developing a HACCP
type program.
There will never, however, be a
completely sterile food supply,
because of (he normal “competi
tive' ' nature of the naturally occur
ing bacteria. "We’ve failed to let
people know about the normality
of things,” said Kradel, and that
there will always be chances for
the presence of salmonella in the
food supply. It is most important to
try to control the level and make
sure consumers cook the food
properly and follow proper sanita
tion levels at all times.
A critical part of a BMP or
HACCP strategy is the use of
medications and antibiotics. But
“I would 10-times rather see peo
ple react to the management
aspects of turkeys—to making the
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antibiotics,” said Dennis Wages,
North Carolina Slate University.
Wages spoke about feed anti
biotics “the most undertilized
method in turkeys and broilers”
and how there is nothing magic to
the procedure.
Wages went over some scenar
ios regarding when and how to
medicate birds in possible disease
situations.
He cautioned the producers to
make sure they understand the
label and make sure they follow
the therapeutic regimen on the
label. Also, if using medications
and antibiotics, producers should
make sure they consider several
factors when “compounding” or
combining treatments.
Wages reviewed the various
types of antibiotics available,
including a description of each, the
usage, dose, and effective use for a
range of treatment scenarios. He
also emphasized the importance of
closely monitoring the treatment.
There is work under way to
“fast track” labels so they could
be more easily read and
understood.
“I think there is a need or at
least a reason to look at feed medi
cation not only from an expense
standpoint but as followup therapy
it’s an excellent choice.”
Other sessions at the day-long
seminar included water quality/
nipple systems, poult quality,
cleaning and disinfecting houses
prior to placement, and poult
enterids/sudden death.
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