Trial opens lid on effectiveness of disinfectants
Their effectiveness was altered according to whether they were used on dry, porous surfaces or in wet situations in the presence of organic 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.
Is competitive exclusion a valuable alternative for classical cleaning and disinfection of pig-growing units?
Very few studies about the impact of microbial cleaning and administration during production on the
environment in animal houses is available. Our results showed that competitive exclusion by probiotic type
bacteria is not a valuable alternative for classical C&D.
A 10-day vacancy period after cleaning and disinfection has no effect on the bacterial load in pig nursery units
Prolonging the vacancy period in nursery units to 10 days after disinfection with no extra biosecurity measures has no impact on the environmental load of total aerobic flora, E. coli, faecal coliforms, MRSA and Enterococcus spp..
Canada: CFIA lifted the temporary emergency livestock transportation protocol
Canadian Pork Council and other provincial pork associations will continue to press the federal government to amend this regulation and allow transporters to wash at Canadian facilities.
USA: FDA releases final rule to ensure food safety during transport
The FDA has finalized six of the seven major rules that implement the core of FSMA.
Cleaning the bowls for milk replacer supplementation
A system for cleaning the bowls in a practical, effective, and quick way without splashing all the farrowing pen or soaking the piglets.
FDA announces new resource on sampling programs for food safety
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing a new web resource to share more information about its sampling programs for food safety and has posted new information on a more robust surveillance sampling approach under development.
Clinical case: Control measures in an outbreak of oedema disease
A series of unsuccessful measures are taken until the problem is finally solved.
USDA expects a record in European pork exports in 2015
Acording to FAS (USDA), elevated swine slaughter will result in an excess supply of pork that cannot be absorbed by the current level of EU demand. As a result, the EU is forecast to export a record volume of pork in 2015.
The EU approves the use of recycled hot water to eliminate microbiological contamination in meat
This Regulation approves the use of recycled hot water as a decontamination technique for carcasses after that, in September 2010 the EFSA drafted a favourable scientific judgement.
Spain: Interporc will take to the Spanish pig farms the Rules on Good Biosecurity Practices
The Pig Interprofessional Association (Interporc), together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, will take to more than 80,000 Spanish pig farms the Rules on Good Biosecurity Practices on farms and during the transport of pigs.
Whitewash Farm Video
This video highlights the "how to" of whitewashing a pig barn for the control of PEDV.
Progress of the microbiological food control regulations in Central America
The regulation will be binding when the Economic Integration Council of Ministers sanctions it.
Poland: second ASF outbreak in domestic pigs
The outbreak has been declared in a backyard farm with only one pig located in Gródek, district of Bialystok, province of Podlasie.