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Demonstrate knowledge of poultry
health and diseases
level:
3
credit:
10
planned review date:
December 2008
sub-field:
Poultry Production
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to
demonstrate knowledge of: the factors and practices for
promoting good poultry health; good health, and health
problems, in poultry.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and
teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed moderation system has
been set up by the Primary Industry Training Organisation.
special notes:
1
Performance of all aspects of this unit standard must
comply with:
Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for
the Welfare of Layer Hens;
Animal Welfare (Broiler Chickens: Fully Housed) Code
of Welfare 2003;
Welfare codes are available from Animal Welfare
Advisory Committee, C/- Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry, PO Box 2526, Wellington, or at
www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/animal-welfare/codes.
2
Legislation and regulations relevant to this unit standard
include but are not limited to – Animal Products Act
1999, Resource Management Act 1991, Health Act
1956, Food Act 1981, and Food (Safety) Regulations
2002.
3
In-house procedures refer to the oral or written
instructions to staff on workplace procedures and
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safety, and includes, where relevant, the Risk
Management Programme (RMP).
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the factors and practices for promoting good poultry health.
performance criteria
1.1
Factors contributing to good poultry health, and their implications for overall
poultry health, are described in accordance with in-house procedures.
Range:
1.2
Husbandry practices that promote good poultry health are described in terms of
current industry best practices.
Range:
1.3
may include but is not limited to – nutrition, management,
environment, breeding and selection, stress, hygiene,
predisposing factors, immune response, vaccinations, treatments,
drugs, quarantine, poultry unit biosecurity;
evidence is required for at least three.
hygiene, biosecurity, environmental management.
Control measures which aim to prevent the introduction of disease to the poultry
facility are identified, and the significance of those diseases are described in
terms of their effect on poultry performance and productivity.
Range:
at least three of – quarantine, biosecurity, rodent and feral animal
control, restricted access, hygiene, source of replacement stock,
vaccination.
element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of good health, and health problems, in poultry.
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performance criteria
2.1
Signs of good health and ill health in poultry are described in terms of the
physical and behavioural symptoms.
2.2
Poultry health problems are identified and described in terms of their causes,
symptoms, occurrence, and control.
Range:
2.3
at least three of – viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic, nutritional,
environmental, reproductive, hereditary, injury, metabolic, poisons.
Poultry health problems are described in terms of their productive and economic
significance to the poultry producer.
Range:
viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic, nutritional, environmental,
reproductive, hereditary, injury, metabolic, poisons.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
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Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0052 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
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