The most discarded and forgotten measurement on the farm – whilst it is probably the fastest, most simple and cheapest in order to prevent spread of bacteria – is to disinfect footwear and sanitize hands with anti-bactericidal hand soap. A very small effort that really should become an automatism among farmers and workers because recent studies have again clearly proven that farm boots samples are an important risk factor with a Salmonella prevalence of 19.7%! (Prev. Vet Med., 2011).
If disinfection baths are adequately used and located on strategic places, they are a good additional measure for the biosecurity of the farm. Additionally, the presence of foot baths draws the attention of staff and visitors to the importance of biosecurity on farm grounds (Amass et al., 2000; Pritchard, 2003)
