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Contact with wild boars is more likely in outdoor farms, but some pathogens, such as the Aujeszky's disease or classical swine fever viruses, can manage to reach those pigs housed in barns.

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Wild boar (1/2) - Health risks and current situation

This article describes the main diseases that wild boars can transmit to the domestic pig, their prevalences and transmission routes. It also discusses the increase of the wild boar population in Europe.

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Internal biosecurity: The enemy at home

Frequently, diseases become established on a farm because we culture them.

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The five most common biosecurity mistakes

Curiously, when I started to think about it, what I had considered as my number one mistake for most of my professional life became the fifth in importance.

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Biosecurity in PRRSV control

What is a priority and what is not? It depends on the risks and the PRRSV status of the farm…

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Figure 2. Estimated probability of excreting Salmonella at the slaughterhouse depending on the result of the ELISA blood test from a pig sampled at day 90 of the finishing period (Mainar-Jaime et al., 2017).

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Other alternatives for the control of salmonella in pigs?

We must come up with new strategies. The objective would be to prevent the animals going for slaughter from shedding Salmonella when they arrive at the abattoir, since they are the biggest responsible for carcass contamination.

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Reducing antimicrobial usage in pig production without jeopardizing production parameters

Guided interventions as a team effort of farmer and herd veterinarian/other advisors have shown to be a promising method in the reduction of antimicrobial usage in pig production.

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Safety around manure handling

Liquid manure in deep anaerobic storage, contains sulfur (from amino acids in feed, manure or in water) which certain bacteria (anaerobes) use as a substitute for oxygen. They produce H₂S as an end product, which is toxic to living tissue, by stopping the energy supplying reactions in the tissue cells.

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USDA rule strengthens enforcement of Livestock Mandatory Reporting and COOL programs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued a final rule allowing USDA to take action as needed, including levying civil penalties, against violators of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) and the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations. USDA amends rules of Practice to Strengthen Enforcement of Livestock Mandatory Reporting and Country of Origin Labeling Programs

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Farm to Fork: healthy animals, healthy food, healthy people

Farm to Fork: Healthy Animals, Healthy Food, Healthy People - Dr. Justin Ransom, Customer-Focused Supply Chain Strategist at McDonald's; Dr. Tamika Sims, International Food Information Council Foundation; Dr. Carissa Odland, Pipestone Veterinary Services, from the 2017 World Pork Expo, June 7 - 9, 2017, Des Moines, IA, USA.

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How to make a boot rack from a pallet

There are many types of boot racks in the market, but we can build one ourselves with something available on any farm: a pallet.

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New EU reference laboratory for foodborne viruses

On 16 December 2016 the Commission launched a call for applications to select and designate an EU reference laboratory in the field of foodborne viruses.

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Land altitude, slope, and coverage as risk factors for PRRS outbreaks in the USA

Does the land altitude, slope or coverage matter?

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Evaluation of biosecurity measures to prevent indirect transmission of PEDv

PEDV transmission through contaminated PPE occurs rapidly under modeled conditions. Biosecurity procedures are recommended.

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Biosecurity status and its associations with production and management characteristics in farrow-to-finish pig herds

The farms that apply more vaccines are the ones that score the best in internal biosecurity. The change towards prevention directly leads to both greater use of vaccines and better internal biosecurity, as they are the only means we know to prevent the disease.

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