ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF DISINFECTION OF THE SURFACES AND EQUIPMENT IN DIFFERENT PRODUCTION UNITS ON A PHEASANT FARM BY THE APPLICATION OF PARACETIC ACID AND FORMALDEHYDE BASED SOLUTIONS

Abstract

Pheasant farms represent semi-closed production facilities with several
production units that are cyclically connected and are used for growing pheasants
of different age categories. Production units consist of an aviary for parent stock,
egg storage room, incubation station, facilities for raising young pheasants and open
aviaries where pheasants are raised till their release on hunting areas. Continuous
implementation of biosafety measures at all stages of the technological process of
production is necesarry in order to achieve good production results ; that is raising
healthy pheasants. Disinfection is one of the most important biosigurative measures
which must be continually implemented in farm facilities. In this paper, the effect
of disinfection with peracetic acid and paraformaldehyde based solutions has been
monitored at different stages of production, and on different surfaces. Monitoring
of the microbiological status of the area within the production facillity resulted in
reduction of the total number of bacteria, fungi and mold in a smaller or greater
extent depending on the place of sampling and type of a production unit.