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US: Guidance for producers affected by plant closures due to COVID-19

The new National Incident Coordination Center will help identify alternative markets if a producer is unable to move animals, and if necessary, advise on depopulation and disposal methods.

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Biosecurity is our best weapon and upholding it is the responsibility of everyone who works on or visits a farm.

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IPIC: Webinar on emergency disposal of hogs in light of slaughterhouse closures

This webinar is to understand potential options for emergency disposal of animal tissue and will take place Wednesday, April 29.

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Biosecurity measures for farm workers against Pandemic SARS-CoV-2

This article summarizes some of the most important measures illustrated in our infographic video to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 between farm workers while performing their daily tasks at the farm.

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Spain: live pig imports continue to increase

The Ministry reminds stakeholders of the importance of remaining vigilant and implementing adequate biosecurity measures on farms.

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Picture 1: Example of prefabricated rooms at the outer perimeter of a farm, prior to accessing the area surrounding the production buildings (photo courtesy of Ramaderies Miqueló).

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First line of defense: entry facilities at the farm perimeter

Prefabricated rooms or renovated shipping containers can be the first line of defense for external biosecurity, increasing the protection of our farms from the entry of diseases.

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The titer of aerosolized viable virus is expressed in 50% tissue-culture infectious dose (TCID50) per liter of air. Viruses were applied to copper, cardboard, stainless steel, and plastic maintained at 21 to 23°C and 40% relative humidity over 7 days. The titer of viable virus is expressed as TCID50 per milliliter of collection medium. All samples were quantified by end-point titration on Vero E6 cells. Plots show the means and standard errors ( bars) across three replicates.

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COVID-19 persistence on different materials practical implications

Farm biosecurity is key to preventing the entrance of new infections and pig diseases, but human diseases can also be devastating: Covid-19 can put the human teams on our farms at risk.

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COVID-19 Italy: restrictions do not affect animal transport

The new restriction measures due to COVID-19 in Italy do not affect the transport of live animals or feed.

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How to wash your hands properly

In this article we share the WHO guidelines for hand hygiene, which is a very important part of the day-to-day on a pig farm as incorrect washing leaves some areas dirty.

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New role for Hysolv in the UK

Hysolv Ltd, will take over the sales and distribution of the hygiene products previously handled by Hysolv Animal Health UK Ltd.

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Photo 2. Power washing of a truck exterior.

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Challenges to obtaining the best hygiene in transport sanitation

Why is achieving efficient transport biosecurity so complicated? In this first article of a series, we will review the different challenges we need to overcome in order to achieve more efficient biosecurity in pig transport vehicles.

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ASF: Mexico detected and destroyed more than five tons of potentially hazardous products in ports and airports

More than 1,600 aircraft and 2,300 boats have been inspected as a result of the strategy launched by the Ministry of Agriculture in August 2019 to prevent the entry of African swine fever (ASF).

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Spain updates regulations for pig farm management

The key objective of the new management regulations is to establish the basis for sustainable livestock farming in the next few years.

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Half-life of african swine fever virus in shipped feed

For 9 feed ingredients exposed to 30-day shipment conditions, half-lives ranged from 9.6 to 14.2 days, indicating that the feed matrix environment promotes virus stability.

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ASF in Greece: Netherlands mandatory additional Cleansing & Disinfection transport vehicles

Due to the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in Greece transport vehicles for ungulates that return or enter from Greece to The Netherlands require additional cleansing and disinfection (C&D) immediately after entering The Netherlands.

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US passes bill to protect the nation from foreign animal diseases

"Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019" gives funding to increase national biosecurity.