Biosecurity Formulations

The world's demands for high quality aquaculture products make control of diseases increasingly important. Good Biosecurity measures are vital to maintaining healthy animals, to harvest good quality yield and to reduce the risk of acquiring diseases in aquaculture facilities.

Biosecurity can be defined as ‘the measures and methods adopted to secure a disease free environment in all phases of aquaculture practices starting from broodstock/gravid stage to aqua-food process (i.e. hatcheries, nurseries, grow out farms, processing units) for improved profitability’.

Biosecurity protocols are intended to maintain the “security” of a facility with respect to certain disease-causing organisms (parasites, bacteria, viruses and fungi) that may not be present in a particular system by using specific Biosecurity products. It touches all the bases: environmental integrity, animal welfare, food safety and economic gain.

With the rapid increase in aquaculture practices, the need for disinfectants has also increased. Entry and growth of pathogens must be minimized through use of disinfectants in water, on tanks and equipment and on eggs. Disinfectants used in aquaculture are aimed at all types of infectious agents including bacteria, fungi, viruses and protozoa.

Common Biosecurity measures include: proper egg disinfection, control of vertical disease transmission, strict sanitation measures, traffic control, water treatment, effluent treatment, clean feed, and disposal of mortalities.