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Shared equipment and machinery
Please tick boxes relevant to your current farm practice. Are there any lower risk practices you
could adopt?
Deadstock collection
Please tick boxes relevant to your current farm practice. Are there any lower risk practices you
could adopt?
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MEDIUM RISK
LOWER RISK
HIGHER RISK
No equipment and
machinery shared
with other farms
Wash station
and disinfectant
sprayers provided
for incoming vehicles
and equipment
Any shared equipment
is cleaned and
disinfected between
farms
Contractors clean and
disinfect their vehicles
and equipment
between farms
Contractor machinery
has no contact
with stock
Equipment and
machinery shared
with other farms
No requirement
for contractors to
clean and disinfect
equipment
HIGHER RISK
LOWER RISK
Carcasses moved out of livestock
areas by farm vehicles before
collection
Specific collection area –
away from other livestock, feed
and water
Collection area can be cleansed
and disinfected
Collection area located at
the perimeter of the farm
Carcasses collected asap
Small carcasses stored in lidded
containers
Carcasses are collected directly from
livestock pens
No designated collection area
Collection vehicle must pass through
parts of the farm contaminated with
manure or mud
Collection vehicles pass near livestock,
feed or water areas
Vermin, wildlife and dogs can access
carcasses