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The Federal District of Brazil is working to pioneer the sanitary compartmentalization of pig farming in Brazil and throughout Latin America. The measure, which consists of adopting a set of sanitary and biosafety regulations for pig production, will facilitate international trade and guarantee genetic protection, in addition to benefiting producers and creating jobs and income.
Sanitary compartmentalization is nothing more than preventing pigs in production from contracting one or more diseases by adopting specific status and controls. In Brazil, the practice is already consolidated in aviculture, and the idea is to adopt this for swine farming. A compartmentalized farm is free of certain types of diseases and, therefore, authorized to sell its products even if an outbreak affects a city, state, or the entire country and trade is blocked or suspended by other countries and authorities.
Currently, the Federal District has 33 sophisticated pig farms, six large-scale slaughterhouses, and 157,000 housed animals. Other large farms in the capital may soon achieve the same status, which will be reflected in the quality of the products and greater price competition with other states.
March 23, 2021/ Agência Brasília/ Brazil
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