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Biosecurity measures for visitors should be implemented in all farms without exception, and hand washing with soap and subsequent disinfection should be compulsory in those farms where showering is not.

How can we tell whether a transport vehicle is clean by just taking a glimpse?

Many swine production units in North America have incorporated fumigation rooms into their barn design.

Surrounding holdings with high hedge fences reduces the risk of airborne transmission.

Today, nearly all genetic suppliers of replacement breeding stock in North America are free of M.hyo.

A simple system that uses plastic and adhesive tape to prevent the entry of unfiltered air into a barn can also serve as a safe method to prevent inappropriate non-biosecure personnel movement.

The installation of physical barriers at strategic personnel entry points help to define distinct biosecurity areas. This method is commonly used in farms that lack a clear separation between areas with different biosecurity levels.

In this second part the actions described are the ones needed when the disease is already in the country.

Studying the pattern of traffic flows for your production site is important when designing your “bioexclusion” game plan.

ASF spreads mainly through the movement of infected pork and other animal products, as well as live animals, which includes wild boar.

Many of these tools are difficult to clean and, in many cases, they may be damaged by water, soap, and disinfectants.

The role that wild birds can play in the spreading of this infection cannot be underrated.

This study demonstrates the added profitability that air filtration can give to sow farms located in highly dense swine regions. However, it is important to point out that these figures are long term averages and not necessarily predictors for individual herds.

Among the numerous genetically distinct isolates that are identified in high pig density areas every year, only a few are able to be transmitted between herds and even less able to widely spread and dominate the entire region or system.

This study, based on some 120,000 sows, quantifies the reduction of the risk of introducing PRRS viruses when using air filtering.

In this article Salmonella critical contamination points in the abattoir will be analyzed, as well as the measures that can be taken with regard to them.