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Spilled feed, open feed bins and water containers should be avoided because they tend to attract rodents or wild birds. Proper fencing and good storage is also important.

Tire tracks over spilled feed
Spilled feed can attract wild birds and rodents who may be carrying disease from other locations.
 
Wild bird attracted to spilled feed
Wild birds can spread disease.
 
Traffic into your feed storage area should be selectively restricted to the owner and to employees who work at the feed store.


Disease prevention supplies
Feed storage area
 
 
Sample question.
Controlling vehicle traffic into your feed storage area is not necessary.
a) True
b) False
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