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Enhancing current biosecurity procedures could help prevent exposing animals to FADs. On this page we will cover some steps you should consider taking on your farm to protect your herd through biosecurity measures.
Designate a Biosecurity Manager
Designate a Biosecurity Manager
A Biosecurity Manager should be designated for each site. He or she will have various responsibilities including writing the biosecurity plan, biosecurity training and compliance, and updating the plan when needed.
Implement Additional Biosecurity Measures
Implement Additional Biosecurity Measures
Additional biosecurity measures could be key in protecting your herd from a disease. Use the Site Input/Output Considerations document from Secure Pork Supply (can be found here) to think through the risk of everything that comes on and off your farm. Especially with the higher risk movements, consider implementing additional biosecurity measures to reduce that risk.
Thinking about what comes on and off your farm:
- Can you decrease the frequency of entry?
- Can you add additional biosecurity measures?
- Who do you need to communicate your enhanced biosecurity procedures with?
Implementing these biosecurity concepts even now will help protect your animals from not only FADs, but also PRRSv, PEDv, and other diseases.
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Line of Separation
Line of Separation
The Line of Separtion (LOS) is the last line of defense between the world and your pigs. Many things and people need to cross over this line every day so procedures (shower, boot change, disinfection, etc.) need to be taken to reduce the risk of the virus entering into the barn and infecting your pigs.
Perimeter Buffer Area
Perimeter Buffer Area
The Perimeter Buffer Area (PBA) is a buffer zone around the buildings to limit movement of the virus near the pig barns. Entry into the PBA will be restricted to PBA access points where people, vehicles, and supplies will have to follow specific biosecurity procedures. Inside the PBA, the idea is to eliminate cross traffic between people and vehicle tracks that may be contaminated with virus and those that have been cleaned and disinfected.
More information on the LOS and PBA can be found at http://www.securepork.org/pork-producers/biosecurity/
A site-specific biosecurity plan
A site-specific biosecurity plan
explains how a site meets biosecurity measures. Click here for more help on writing site-specific biosecurity plans.
Biosecurity training
Biosecurity training
For biosecurity procedures to be followed, everyone (caretakers, production supervisors, truckers, feed truck drivers, service personnel, etc.) coming on the site needs to be trained.
Train workers on site-specific biosecurity procedures including:
- How vehicles enter the site
- How people enter the barns
- How to bring in supplies
- Downtime requirements
- Disinfection protocols
- How to remove mortalities
- Procedures for manure handling
- Rodent, fly, and wildlife control
Biosecurity training materials can be found in numerous places, but one place you can use is the Secure Pork Supply website.
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