Composting has proven to be a convenient, affordable, socially acceptable and environmentally acceptable way to dispose of poultry carcasses, but in order to be effective and biosecure, there is a certain “cookbook” that poultry producers should follow.

Ensuring egg safety starts with healthy breeding flocks, but numerous other factors contribute to making the eggs on our plates safe to eat.

Dr. Joel Cline, corporate veterinarian for Wayne Farms, says the basic principles of biosecurity in the poultry industry have not changed in decades.

A good broiler house cleanout program is central to any biosecurity program, helping to minimize the spread of deadly pathogens between flocks.