Market visits
At every market there is a risk of coming into contact with potentially infected livestock
or equipment. Minimise these risks by:
Wearing protective clothing and boots when entering the animal areas.
Not leaving the animal area without cleansing and disinfecting your boots.
Wash protective clothing in laundry before it is worn on your own farm.
Wash bare skin with soap and hot water.
Ensuring your vehicles and equipment arrive and leave the market clean and disinfected.
Are there any best practices above you could adopt?
Manure and slurry
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Manure from quarantined animals and imported manure taken from other farms should
be considered a high disease risk.
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Whenever possible try to ensure that high-risk manure is spread on arable land rather than pasture.
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Before spreading ensure that high-risk manure or slurry has been stored for a suitable length of time.
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Before allowing sheep to graze recently spread fields ensure a suitable length of time has passed.
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Suitable waiting times should be discussed with your vet.
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Small quantities of manure from quarantined animals could be incinerated.
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MODERATE RISK
LOWER RISK
HIGHER RISK
No imported manures
taken from other farms
Muck heaps fenced
off or stock unable
to access muck heap
Livestock kept
away from freshly
spread manure for
an appropriate period
of time
�Farms from which
imported manure
is taken have been
assessed for potential
risks
�Imported manure
or slurry taken from
other farms
�Imported manure
or slurry spread
on pastures
�Stock can access
muck heaps
�Livestock not
prevented from
accessing recently
spread fields
