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Gressingham Foods PHWG REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON AVIAN INFLUENZA The impact of Avian Influenza ( UK and Global) 9/11/2015 Dr Andrew Ballantyne Senior Commercial Farms Manager Green Label Poultry Ltd Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach,

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Gressingham Foods

PHWG REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON AVIAN INFLUENZA The impact of Avian Influenza ( UK and Global)

9/11/2015

Dr Andrew Ballantyne

Senior Commercial Farms Manager Green Label Poultry Ltd

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

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Gressingham Foods

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

The UK Duck & Goose Industry

2013 Defra figs Ducks estimated 16 m/annum (GL = 8m) Geese 180,000/annum (GL= 80k)

2006 Number of registered premises

Ducks 6,819 Geese 3760

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Gressingham Foods

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

  • Family owned business based in Suffolk,
  • perating in Norfolk as well
  • Established 1970 (by Maurice Buchanan –

father)

  • The brothers William and Geoffrey now run

the business (joined in the early 90’s)

  • Annual sales of circa £100+m
  • Have 500 staff through the year and a

Christmas up lift of another 250

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Gressingham Foods - Integrated

Duck, Goose & Turkey Business

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

  • Own and operate 20 company farms (45% of our

production volume) , two factory sites and two

  • hatcheries. Also farm about 600 acres arable
  • We have 35 contract farmer businesses supplying 55%
  • f our duck production volume (and this area is

continuing to increase)

  • We are best known for the Gressingham breed and

brand of duck

  • Current annual production is:

7.5 to 8 m ducks 350,000 seasonal turkey 88,000 geese

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Our Farms

  • 73 farms in total
  • 3 hatcheries
  • 10 company commercial duck farms – 55% of total production
  • 20 contract commercial duck farms – 45% of total production
  • 6 parent duck laying farms
  • 2 parent duck rearing farms
  • 2 grandparent/pedigree duck laying farms
  • 3 commercial goose production farms
  • 20 commercial turkey rearing farms
  • 5 All Year Round (AYR) stag farms
  • 2 organic farms

Breeds of Duck – Gressingham, Pekin Accreditation systems – Duck Assurance Scheme, Freedom Foods, Organic, Red Tractor (QBT/Red Tractor for weekly turkeys)

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Business Integration

GRESSINGHAM ELITE GRAND-PARENT FLOCKS PARENT FLOCKS HATCHERIES CONTRACT FARMS GEESE

FACTORIES

ELITE GRAND-PARENT FLOCKS PARENT FLOCKS GROWING FARMS COMPANY FARMS

FEED MILLS

TURKEY PEKIN ELITE

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Welfare on our Farms

Gressingham Ducks are bred, hatched and reared on Red Tractor assured farms in Suffolk and Norfolk

  • Reared free-to-roam in light airy barns
  • Access to water for bathing,
  • Natural daylight
  • Fresh bedding of straw every day
  • straw stocked at <20kg/m2
  • Continuous feed and fresh water throughout the day
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Farming Systems – single age & stage

From 2000 Gressingham moved all their duck production to a single stage system, this means that the ducklings start their life in the same building they will complete their growth in. Also we operate an ALL in ALL

  • ut system, a 7 week turn

round cycle , kill between 35 -44 days 2.65 – 3.4 kg

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FREE RANGE

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

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FREE RANGE GEESE

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Land area = 10m2/goose Area used 268.8 acres Outside ranging from 17

  • days. Kill Average 7.3kg at

17- 26 weeks

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Gressingham Foods

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

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Free Range duck area at least 4m2/duck : 49 – 56 days 88 acres assume 75% available 10 k per week , circa 250k per annum

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Gressingham Foods

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POTENTIAL AI ISSUES

Breeder farms limited egg storage (4 – 8 days) Storage of hatched chicks ( only days hatch to go) Macerator limited waste capacity Free range ducks & Geese no available housing Geese that can be housed @ 10m2/goose – potential welfare issues Free range land – sisters on adjoining fields – different holding nos / parish Feed supplies required daily for FR Culling regimes of limited practical value Litter/manure disposal issues

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REDGRAVE POULTRY 11th Nov 2007

H5N1 AI in Turkeys, Geese & Ducks

96,600 birds culled at six farms

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

6500 Redgrave Park, T,D & G 22,000 Fr Turkey 66,000 Ducks 2100 Geese

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Redgrave Poultry Costs

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Secondary C&D = £250k plus approx. £225k + £210k Plus loss of reputation excludes cost of Dirty water disposal & Muck storage

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Redgrave Poultry Issues

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Large Lake on site - Wild Birds Staff Movements between Farms Non site specific PPE Multi species on site Shared Equipment Carcass Disposal Staff Accommodation Biosecurity weaknesses

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Gressingham Foods

Basics on Influenza Wild birds can be carriers & not show illness Shore birds & waterfowl (geese & ducks) AI is a global threat due to bird migration Reassortment of viruses is a real risk

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Gressingham Foods

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Basics on Influenza Caused by a virus Type A can infect various types of birds (wild & poultry) Characterized by H & N H5 & H7: can change from low to high path strains Others: not currently considered to have HP potential

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USA/GLOBAL HP AI LESSONS

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Dec`14 – June `15 48,091,293 H5N2 NO LPAI

Losses mostly chickens (layers) & Turkeys 15 States affected 223 reported detections

Entered Pacific flyway then MI flyway

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WHAT HAPPENED

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Gressingham Foods

This has been a very costly situation for the entire country: reduction in national “flock” numbers & exports, increase in consumer meat/egg prices, loss of jobs, national govt cost

Failures in biosecurity & slow reaction times

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Gressingham Foods

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Pacific Flyway – H5N8 Central Flyway – H5N8/H5N2 Mississippi Flyway – H5N2 Atlantic Flyway – No Isolations “Already this year there were findings of the virus in wild birds in Ontario, Canada. I believe it will be present in wild birds in all the U.S. flyways this fall.” USDA 2015 prediction = 500 cases

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UK 2014 – 2015 AI issues

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

16 Nov 2014 – H5N8 in Breeding Ducks. – Nafferton East Yorks (6000) 2 Feb 2015 - Lp H7N7 in Broiler Breeders – Upham, Hampshire (10539) 10 July 2015 – H7N7 in Egg Layers FR & Colony cage – Lancashire (180,000)

Cost to US £7,000 to help with cost of secondary C & D

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Gressingham Foods

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

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Gressingham Foods

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Secondary C & D costs Estimated £10/bird + Waste water removal & manure storage

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Concentration of Poultry in UK

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Major Flyways of Migratory Birds

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ISSUES ARE STILL WITH US WHAT CAN/SHOULD YOU DO

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

Biosecurity – Risk Analysis Plan ahead (Company/Region/National) Crisis Management plan required

BE PREPARED & ACT QUICKLY

  • Prevention
  • Early diagnosis
  • Rapid response & containment
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BIOSECURITY – Evaluation of Risks

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On & Adjacent to Farm

Areas of open water & waterfowl Other local Poultry units Shared staff resource, equipment, vehicles Carcass disposal/storage

ACTIONS

Locked Barriers to entry – concrete entrance areas Log of Vehicles to site - C & D upon entry & exit No unauthorised entry to bird areas Site specific PPE Exclude Wild birds and reduce attractants

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Biosecurity on Farm - Evaluate

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

  • Managed rodent control programme
  • Shared resources staff, equipment, vehicles
  • Biosecurity training & audits
  • visitor policy & log
  • Knowledge of staff abilities
  • Security of buildings & water storage
  • Management of delivery goods

Promote a culture of Biosecurity at ALL times

  • applies to ALL (staff, visitors, vets & utility)
  • regular training updates /non compliance actions from

audits

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BIOSECURITY – Culture & Compliance

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

  • Gated locked compound/site
  • Concrete access driveways
  • Log book for ALL entering (identify bird access)
  • Complete clothing change on farm. Bespoke PPE. Showers
  • Restriction of personal items
  • Only authorized/essential persons allowed entry
  • Disinfect ALL equipment, vehicles etc entering/leaving site
  • Require foot dip and boot changes
  • Use hand sanitizers and or gloves in each shed
  • Vehicles require C & D on entry/exit from site
  • Multisite visitors controlled – fitters/electricians
  • Clean & tidy sites – carcasses stored/disposed of away from sheds
  • AUDIT & REVIEW REGULARLY
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THE CHALLENGE -Avoid Complacency

Gressingham Foods, Loomswood Farm, Debach, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JW UK Tel: +44 (0) 1473 735456 Fax: +44 (0)1473 738887 sales@gressinghamfoods.co.uk www.gressinghamduck.co.uk

  • AI is a global threat & challenge
  • Multiple routes of disease entry

people, equipment, rodents, wild birds, dust etc

  • Biosecurity has to be part of everyday farming

Cannot be ‘policed` 24/7, but MUST be audited regularly MUST be understood by ALL & reviewed regularly

  • Prevention, early detection & rapid response times appear to be the

most critical factors for controlling AI

  • Livetec BPC support for company to provide technical/equipment
  • C & D Insurance/funding to provide for Industry wide clean up
  • THIS IS A REAL THREAT TO OUR INDUSTRY AND WE

MUST BE PROACTIVE TO SURVIVE