Limit the spread of Bird Flu
"Keep it Clean with Crate Washer"
Bird flu, also called avian flu or avian influenza is a very Communicable disease for poultry (chickens, chicks, ducks and turkeys) and wild waterfowl. Across the Universe, there are many peculiar bird flu viruses. The spread of bird flu may be limited by things including clean transport crates with Crate Washers. In this blog, we'll tell you more about this.
Bird flu is the generic term for a disease profile that causes many various slots of flu viruses. There are cases where some virus strains may even pass from animals to humans. It does happen only with intensive and direct contact between infected animals and humans. People who have bird flu, experiences the same problems as with normal winter flu. Problems that infected animals experience include:
- They don't make any noise
- Breathing problem
- Diarrhoea
- Eye infection
- Sudden death
The spread of bird flu may happen in many different ways. The first thing you think of may be infected poultry or infected birds that were already infected in the unhygienic (or) contaminated crates on arrival. But what you don't readily think about is the rapid spread of this disease causing fatal results ultimately with all those infected equipment or infected coop used as a means for transport.
Studies have shown that a major source of cross contamination between flocks of birds is from the #poultrycrate, which strongly suggests that current techniques especially manual and unsafe practices crate washing are relatively ineffective.
Clean Transport Crates:
The cause of the latter way often happens when these crates and other means have not been cleaned well enough (or) having in contact with (any other) infected animals might be the reason. The fact is that the only source for transportation of chickens, turkeys and birds is mainly handled by plastic crates, boxes & trays which are more easy to clean.
If any infected animal comes in contact with these crates, and If the containers are not well cleaned before the reuse, the other animals could also get infected as this disease can spread very rapidly.
So, what is extremely important here is that these crates used for transportation at poultries need to be thoroughly cleaned before and after every use.
A study was administrated during a poultry processing plant in Lusaka, Zambia, to spot and describe bacteria found in chicken carcasses leaving the processing of plant for retail outlets. The thirteen different bacteria found within the chicken carcasses included:
- Escherichia coli (41.7%)
- Staphylococcus spp. (2.49%)
- Pseudomonas spp. (6.71%)
- Klebsiella spp. (1.91%)
- Salmonella spp. (20.53)
- Citrobacter spp. (6.71%)
- Acinetobacter spp. (0.58%)
- Proteus spp. (9.02%)
- Flavobacterium spp. (1.15%)
- Streptococci spp. (1.72%)
- Alcaligenes spp. (0.77%)
- Micrococcus spp. (3.84%)
- Bacillus spp. (2.88%)
These results showed that the chicken carcasses entering the Zambian market proved to be a potential source of bacteria pathogens to not only consumers but also in many ways. It is therefore suggested that much more attention should be paid to the processing plant in order to control the bacterial contamination of poultry meat to the consumer point.
This research project aims to improve cleaning of #poultrytransportcrates in order to reduce microbiological contamination.
One aim of the study is to provide an assessment of the effectiveness of current poultry crate washing and #disinfectionprocesses in reducing the physical contamination and micro-biological load of poultry crates.
Poultry crate disinfection – easy to use and highly effective
The poultry crate disinfection are often controlled by means of treatment time, number of steam ultrasound nozzles, pressure, ventilation, steam consumption and temperatures. These physical parameters are applied and can be adjusted to get optimum conditions.
The poultry crate disinfection treatment is a continuous process whereby crates are automatically transferred through the entrance doors by a conveyor at a given treatment time. While crates are completely inside the equipment, the doors closed on both sides to minimize steam consumption. The crate travels continuously through the chamber and out on the other side with complete washout these crates pass through the washing tunnel for soaking, cleaning and drying ensuring them get cleaned optimally, which therefore aptly combat any spread of bird flu – ready to be retrieved.
Poultry crate disinfection – a rapid and cost effective process
The poultry crate disinfection equipment has many advantages. It operates fast (less than 12m/min); allows for treatment adjustments if needed; and it can be easily integrated into any process line for continuous cleaning of poultry containers. It is estimated that the poultry crate disinfection system can disinfect over 400 crates per hour using minimal steam consumption and costs.
Highlights- SS Engineers Crate Washer
SS Engineers poultry crate wash and disinfection tunnel will make it easier to control contaminations and cross-contaminations at poultry plants. The equipment is easy to use and operate at poultry line speed. This equipment is a highly cost-efficient solution and return on investment for modern and fast running poultry plants.
Robust, Reliable Technology: High Temperatures and Advancing Cleaning System
SS Engineers and Consultants, India manufacture high-quality stainless steel systems for hygiene-sensitive production processes in the food, pharma and Dairy industries.
Fully automated processes for Optimal production Results:
SS Engineers proudly provide the perfect solution for cleaning and disinfection of live bird crates and proven to be an effective solution for preventing and spreading of Bird Flu
Cleaning processes
Includes – Pre cleaning stage, hot water with detergent wash, secondary hot water wash and finally dis-infection wash– all run completely automatically.
Unique Features and options:
- Pre-rinse section
- Heating mode: Steam, hot water, gas and electric
- Overhead conveyor for “one man” operation
- Disinfection
- Automatic destocking, drying and stacking
- Manual variable top and side guides for handling of multiple crate sizes
- Suitable for various industry and plastic boxes/crates/trays/baskets/bins etc
- Plug and play solution
- Easy to operate and maintain
- 24x360 days working time available
- Long service time
- Environmental friendly-low water and detergent consumption
Crate washing machines by SS Engineers fulfill the most demanding requirements such as capacity, efficiency, hygiene, energy consumption and environmental protection. This applies to all sectors of the manufacturing industries - whether it concerns plastic crates for fruit and vegetables, bakery products, fresh fish and meat, dairy products beverages or the pharmaceutical industry.
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