Quarantine

[NH/Pete]

I purchased two hen Lady Amherst on Sunday. They have been blood tested and look good.
They come from a breeder with a good reputation. How long should I keep them in quarantine?

[slider]

Pete 30 days is about normal.

[Little Bear Game Farm]

Is that based on past experience?   

[Pheasant Hollow Farm]

Is that based on past experience?   

I think that is based on USDA guidelines.

Steve
Pheasant Hollow Farm

[NH/Pete]

Thanks 30 days it is

[Reeves]

I concur.....although you can keep them longer if you wish. I'll let you do that. 

[cv]

Poultry also means pheasant, quail etc.

What can poultry producers do to lessen the risk of introducing disease to their birds?

1. Permit only essential workers and vehicles on premises. Ensure no   
    shipping articles, equipment, or personnel have contact with
    quarantined areas.

2. Provide clean clothing and disinfection facilities for employees.

3. Clean and disinfect vehicles (including tires and undercarriages) entering
    and leaving  the premises.

4. Avoid visiting other poultry operations.

5. Maintain an “all-in and all-out” philosophy of flock management with a
    single age flock.

Control the movement of all poultry products from farm to farm.
Do not “skim” mature birds from a flock for sale to a live-poultry market.
Clean and disinfect poultry houses between each lot of birds.

6. Do not keep pet birds on the farm. Do not hire employees who own pet
    birds.

7. Exclude vaccination crews, catching crews, and other service personnel
    who may have  been in contact with a poultry operation within 24 hours.

8. Protect flocks from wild birds that may try to nest in poultry houses or
    feed with domesticated birds.

9. Control movement associated with the disposal and handling of bird
    carcasses, litter,  and manure.

10. Immediately report any suspicious illness or death loss to the state
      veterinarian.

11. Take diseased birds to a diagnostic laboratory for examination as
      directed by the state veterinarian.

12. Consider END (Exotic Newcastle Disease) surveillance as part of on-
      going disease  surveillance activities.

What can pet birds and backyard poultry enthusiasts do to prevent and control END?

1. Follow state law, obtain a health certificate on birds directly imported
    from other states.

2. Require certification from suppliers that birds are legally imported or are
    of US stock and healthy prior to shipment, and will be transported in
    new or thoroughly disinfected containers.

3. Maintain records and shipment of flocks.

4. Isolate all newly purchased birds for at least 30 days. Restrict 
         movement of personnel between new and old birds.
   
5. Practice Biosecurity.

6. Report unusual illness or death to the state veterinarian.


resource: http://www.birdshippers.org/archives/2005/02/exotic_newcastl.html

[Pheasant Hollow Farm]

Poultry also means pheasant, quail etc.

What can poultry producers do to lessen the risk of introducing disease to their birds?

1. Permit only essential workers and vehicles on premises. Ensure no shipping articles,
    equipment, or personnel have contact with quarantined areas.

2. Provide clean clothing and disinfection facilities for employees.

3. Clean and disinfect vehicles (including tires and undercarriages) entering and leaving
     the premises.

4. Avoid visiting other poultry operations.

5. Maintain an “all-in and all-out” philosophy of flock management with a single age flock.

Control the movement of all poultry products from farm to farm.
Do not “skim” mature birds from a flock for sale to a live-poultry market.
Clean and disinfect poultry houses between each lot of birds.

6. Do not keep pet birds on the farm. Do not hire employees who own pet birds.

7. Exclude vaccination crews, catching crews, and other service personnel who may have
    been in contact with a poultry operation within 24 hours.

8. Protect flocks from wild birds that may try to nest in poultry houses or feed with
    domesticated birds.

9. Control movement associated with the disposal and handling of bird carcasses, litter, 
    and manure.

10. Immediately report any suspicious illness or death loss to the state veterinarian.

11. Take diseased birds to a diagnostic laboratory for examination as directed by the
      state veterinarian.

12. Consider END (Exotic Newcastle Disease) surveillance as part of on-going disease 
      surveillance activities.

What can pet birds and backyard poultry enthusiasts do to prevent and control END?

1. Follow state law, obtain a health certificate on birds directly imported from other
    states.

2. Require certification from suppliers that birds are legally imported or are of US stock
     and healthy prior to shipment, and will be transported in new or thoroughly
     disinfected containers.

3. Maintain records and shipment of flocks.

4. Isolate all newly purchased birds for at least 30 days. Restrict movement of personnel
    between new and old birds.

5. Practice Biosecurity.

6. Report unusual illness or death to the state veterinarian.

cv,

Post the link to your reference and I will make it a sticky and lock the topic for viewing only.

Thanks for your in-site in this matter.

Steve
Pheasant Hollow Farm

[NH/Pete]

Thank you CV very good info.

[Reeves]

Pete
Another thing I do with new birds, unless the seller has assured me it has been done, is to worm them while in quarantine.
Meds, then again 10 days later (or as advised on pkg or Vet).

I also provide a the water soluble vitamin/stress for their water for their first 4-5 days, and again when you move them to their permanent aviary.