Innovative ways to control traffic on the farm

Traffic control is one of the most difficult aspects of maintaining a good biosecurity program because it depends on human compliance. It's easy to make mistakes and almost impossible to validate. Signs are a good way to control traffic coming onto the farm, but they are often ignored by employees and frequent visitors to the farm. Fences and barriers are very effective ways to direct on-farm traffic, but can be expensive to install.

One of the most innovative and effective uses of barriers that weve seen on a poultry farm is shown below. Chain link fencing was used between the poultry houses to block traffic flow to the clean areas of the farm. The driveway in the foreground is used by feed trucks, which can fill feed bins located along the fence without entering the clean area. This design comes from a poultryman clearly thinking about biosecurity before the construction of this facility.