BIOLOGICAL SAFETY AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC BIRD INFLUENZA IN THE ASTRAKHAN REGION

Alekseeva Anastasia Sergeevna  -  Chief Specialist of the Livestock Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing Industry of the Astrakhan region, Russian Federation, 414000, Astrakhan, Sverdlova str., 31,

Nasibulina Botagoz Murasovna  -  Doctor of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Ecology, Nature Management, Land Management and Life Safety, Astrakhan State University named by V.N. Tatischev, Russian Federation, 414056, Astrakhan, Tatishchev st., 20a, aspu.nasibulina@yandex.ru

The article shows the danger of highly pathogenic avian influenza for both humans and animals. The causes of this disease, sources, routes and factors of pathogen transmission are shown. It is noted that the basis for preventing, emerging and spreading epizootic foci of highly pathogenic avian influenza is the biological safety of poultry farms. Full compliance by poultry farms with veterinary and sanitary requirements, exclusion of contact of agricultural birds with wild and synanthropic birds at all stages of production, including shipment and reception of feed, allows to minimize the risks of introduction of pathogens of highly pathogenic influenza and other infectious diseases. Based on the analysis, it is noted that the work of farms on the principle of "closed enterprise" is the basis of epizootic well-being. Compliance with the recommended norms and rules of biological safety at poultry farms, constant monitoring of the state of biological safety are effective measures in the arsenal of the fight against economically significant infectious diseases of birds, including those common to humans and animals.

Key words: epizootic, bird flu, poultry farming, food safety, vaccination, poultry farm audit