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All game preparation must be carried out with good food hygiene being the number one priority.
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Gamekeeping Gamekeeping advice Biosecurity: shooting and the countryside
Biosecurity refers to all the measures taken to minimise the risk of infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms entering, emerging, establishing or spreading as a result of our actions.
The benefit of good biosecurity helps to ensure the overall health of the wider environment, protects individual species, and can help maintain the health of your game birds.
For example, when it comes to game bird rearing and releasing the Animal Plant and Health Association (APHA) have identified that the most important factor in reducing the impact of avian influenza is good biosecurity which is practised and applied properly. These same practices also help to stop the spread of other diseases including mycoplasma, coccidiosis and hexamita.
The measures put in place to mitigate potential risks also help to limit the spread of alien Invasive species that can cause serious environmental problems.
You can do your bit to help to protect the environment, your season ahead and the future of you shooting sports by undertaking some relatively small steps, such as checking, cleaning, and drying your kit regularly.
Disease and invasive alien species (IAS) can be spread in a number of ways including, but not limited to:
As shooters and countryside users we can all play our part in maintaining good biosecurity therefore reducing the potential risk of transmission of both diseases and IAS:
All game preparation must be carried out with good food hygiene being the number one priority.
Through a citizen science project the Waterfowlers’ Network are monitoring the breeding success and usage of artificial duck nest tubes.
To be successful when it comes to wildfowling a certain level of skill and knowledge is essential, including understanding the habitat.
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