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The industry must be working for the best and preparing for the worst, and that includes what happens if ASF enters.

Expert insight on the choice of strategy in controlling the spread of ASF.

Biosecurity is becoming increasingly important for disease prevention. In this article, we discuss how a biosecurity improvement plan can be organized.

HoCoTec is a production system that takes on the challenge of serving as an open center for learning and experimentation.

France and Luxembourg are in the firing line to be the next European countries invaded by ASF after its confirmation in Germany in 2020, says one of Europe’s most experienced specialists on the disease.

The four most common mistakes on pig farms, illustrated with real examples.

Preventing the entry and spread of diseases should be an objective on any swine farm, so adequately designing biosecurity aspects is key. In this article, we continue to discuss biosecurity measures with two experts: Lara Ruiz and José Casanovas.

On large farms, the first animals to become ill and die from ASF may be missed unless there is an appropriate passive surveillance system that targets dead and diseased animals.

In this article, we look at which elements of biosecurity should be considered in the design of a sow farm, although they are applicable to any farm.

The main concerns related to the carcass collection process and how to overcome them.

The mixing of ingredients into feed and the distribution of feed to the farm location where consumption occurs is referred to as the ‘manufacturing and post-manufacturing stage’ of the feed supply chain. This article outlines how biosecurity concepts can be applied to the manufacturing and distribution of pig feed to ensure a pathogen free product is consumed.

Objective inspection and evaluation that checks current biosecurity measures and points out weaknesses in the system so that improvements can be made.

Key biosecurity messages to move dead pigs out of the clean area of the farm to the deadstock management area prior to their treatment: external deadstock container, incinerator or hydrolysis container.

Pros and cons of rendering carcass disposal systems, alkaline hydrolysis, anaerobic digestion, gasification, and homogenization.

This article considers the component parts of disease transmission, how it applies to the pig feed ingredient supply chain, and how manufacturers of final feed can mitigate the risk of disease transmission through contaminated ingredients.

In this series of articles, we will review some important disease transmission events that occurred through the feed supply chain and we will outline the characteristics of a comprehensive feed biosecurity program that considers the biosecurity of feed ingredients and also the milling and delivery processes.