Biosecurity on pig farms

Abstract

Planned implementation of biosecurity measures is crucial in pig health protection and successful production. The acquired biosecurity level on pig farms should be the result of logical conclusions and timely undertaken activities in the given environment and epidemiological situation with the recognition of real threats coming from the environment, and weak points in the technological process of pig production. Profitable pig production can be achieved with the enforcement of more prevention measures and less therapeutic measures, and if the feeding, husbandry and health protocols are strictly observed. Pig health is very important and can be improved in order to achieve better production results. Various diseases are often present on farms, and can endanger pig production within the intensive breeding system. Such are: neonatal scour, oedema disease, oesophagogastric ulcer, osteodystrophy diseases, actinobacillosis, atrophic rhinitis, dysentery, and recently proliferative enteropathy of multicausal aetiology, as well as some parasitoses (isosporiasis, cryptosporidiosis).