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Cleaning and Disinfection of Poultry Houses

- Factor affecting cleaning procedure

1 -pre cleaning

2- High water temperature increase efficiency of cleaning

3-Cleaning compound

4- Time

5- Number of cycles

6- Force of application

➡️Cleaning procedure

• Pre rinse

•  Rinse

•  Soaking and detergent

•  Post rinse.

➡️Cleaning operation

-  A correctly performed cleaning operation eliminates 70-90 % of microbes.

- crucial factor in the effectiveness of poultry disinfection

-  Note One gram of dust contains 200 000 to 800 000 coli form bacteria Also one gram of Bedding contains 7.9 billion coli form bacteria.

➡️Washing 

- Wash the house thoroughly. The washing procedure is best accomplished using a high-pressure spray washer. (Be careful; high pressure washers can damage ceilings and curtains

- A pressure washer with foam detergent should be used to remove the remaining dirt and debris from the house and equipment.

- Steam cleaning with hot water alone is also a highly effective way to disinfect if you have the necessary equipment. After disinfecting, allow the house to dry completely.

- Make sure the detergent used is compatible with the compound you choose to disinfect with later.

➡️Rinsing

-Rinse with clean fresh water, again using a pressure washer.

- Wastewater should be disposed of hygienically to avoid any recontamination of the house.

-All equipment removed from the house must also be soaked, washed and rinsed.

- Cleaned equipment should then be stored under cover.

➡️NB

  1. Remember to cover fan motors, switch boxes, outlets, and other electrical equipment before washing down the house. (Clean these types of equipment with a blower, dry brush, or rag before covering them.)
  2. Start at the top of the house and work down. Be sure to clean off ledges, braces, air inlets and all other places where dust, dirt and litter accumulate.
  3. Be sure to thoroughly clean and disinfect feeders, hoppers and feed bins.
  4. Also, remove the feed bin boot and clean out any remaining feed.
  5. Don't forget to clean and disinfect the water. Flush out water lines and clean out tanks, proportioners, medicators, etc.
  6. Let as much light and air into the house as possible during your down time. Of course, do not allow wild birds or any other animals to enter the house at any time, but especially after it has been disinfected.
  7. Clean up the area around the outside of the house. Keep vegetation surrounding your poultry structures cut short. Disinfect 10 meters around the outside of your buildings.

➡️Disinfection of Water Systems:

Clean and high-quality water to be provided to the animals is very important for the animals in the poultry house to benefit from feed, to reduce the use of antibiotics and to prevent digestive problems. To ensure water hygiene, biofilm layer formation is undesirable. To prevent this, cleaning of the water system, use of effective disinfectants and continuous control of water.

➡️Feeding system

  1. Scrape and scrub the feeding system to completely remove all the old feed
  2. Remove the feed bin boot and clean out any remaining feed.
  3. Soaking, foaming, rinsing.