SPF screening details

Each flock is tested at the point of lay and then at end of life. Therefore, sampling occurs twice in a twelve-month period. We sample at least one individual per pen, the minimum per line we test is 10%.

 

Pathogens tested for:SerologyFeather sampleCloacal Swabs
AI - Avian Influenza         X  
MG - Mycoplasma Gallisepticum         X  
MS - Mycoplasma Synoviae         X  
AE - Avian Encephalomyelitis         X  
APV - Avian Pneumovirus         X  
Avian Adenovirus         X  
ALV - Avian Leukosis         X            X
CAV - Chicken Anaemia Virus         X  
EDS76IBD - Egg drop syndrome         X  
IBD - Infectious bursal disease         X  
IBV - Infectious Bronchitis         X  
ILT - Infectious Laryngotracheitis         X  
NDV - Newcastle disease virus         X  
REO - Avian Reovirus         X  
REV - Avian Reticuloendotheliosis         X  
MDV - Marek’s disease virus              X 
Salmonella         X  

NB We occasionally update the pathogens we are screening for. These details are correct as of February 2023.

 

 

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