BC Poultry Premise Identification Initiative

BC Poultry Premise Identification Initiative

Angela McKee B.Sc.

BC Broiler Hatching Egg Commission

Solvej Patschke M.Sc. P.Ag.

Ministry of Agriculture and Lands

Working GroupWorking Group

• Kathy Erickson and Katie LoweBC Chicken MB

• Mike Gillanders and Kim BathBC Egg MB

• Susan Mallory, BC Turkey MB

• Angela McKee, BC Hatching Eggs

• Solvej Patschke, BC MAL

OutlineOutline• Background

• Goals and Objectives

• Progress to date

BackgroundBackground• AI outbreak in 2004: temporary database

created containing contact information for producers

• After the outbreak, database given back to 4 poultry boards to maintain with current information

• AI event 2005: determined that identifying farms by address was not sufficient for mapping purposes

• Moving forward: Premise ID Initiative

BC Poultry Premise ID GoalsBC Poultry Premise ID Goals

• Industry-led initiative (government supported)

Goals:

• To accurately, efficiently and uniquely identify all commercial BC poultry premises and barns while working towards full chain traceability

• To instill confidence in our stakeholders regarding our preparedness in a foreign animal disease situation

What is Livestock Traceability?What is Livestock Traceability?

• Includes 3 main elements:

1. Animal identification (group)

2. Premises identification

3. Movement tracking

Premise ID Initiative- ObjectivesPremise ID Initiative- Objectives

• To have a secure central database that contains accurate premise and barn identification and contact information for all commercial BC poultry premises and barns

• To create a system and process for poultry producers outside of the regulated system to register their poultry premises

• To ensure the process and database is concurrent with national initiatives (CCIA/ CLIA)

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• To assign a national alpha-numeric ID to all premises and barns

• To physically identify the premises and barns with highly visible signage with the national Premise ID

• To work and communicate with various stakeholders towards the common goal of Emergency Preparedness

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• BC Poultry Industry Biosecurity and Emergency Response Strategic Plan (2005-2007)

• Goal 2: the BC poultry industry has an emergency response management plan in place to handle an infectious disease outbreak, by 2007

• Requires all farms and other required locations to be included in a “database” by Dec 31, 2006

Mapping

• GIS technician (Dave Jackson) hired May 15 to map premises and sub-premises using orthophotos

• Abbotsford: 218 premises, 807 sub-premises

• Chilliwack: 105 premises, 329 sub-premises

• Lower Mainland, then Island and Interior

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bldg_type Building type Building Description

s Single 1 single barn

dd Double Decker A 2 storey barn

td Triple Decker A 3 storey barn

ms Multi-stage A barn that contains birds of more than one age where the birds are moved farther down in the barn as they get older

tw Twin Two 1 storey barns under one roof

tr Triplet Three 1 storey barns under one roof

q Quad Four 1 storey barns under one roof

Mapping sub-premises by production floor

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Signage

• Premise: parcel of landInstalled at barn driveway

• Sub-premise: barn / hatcheryInstalled on main barn door

Ex. Double decker, have -01 and -02 numbering

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Centralized Database

• Project goal- integrate into Canadian Livestock Tracking System (with CCIA)

• Delayed development due to customization to meet needs of poultry industry

• In interim, temporary access database

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Timelines

• Mapping- end of August

• Signs- end of December

• Centralized Database- end of December

• FADES exercise Winter 2006-07

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Questions?Questions?

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