Pigs

Sow washing

During the long gestation period sows housed individually or in groups evidentially get dirty, especially at the backside, udder and flank area. Within this dirt and the in-the-skin flora, bacteria and viruses like Staphylococcus aureus, S.

Biosecurity internal and external

Biosecurity is not about targeting on one or two possible contamination risk factors and hoping you have made the right choice. Biosecurity is about controlling and addressing a whole series of little critical points.

Acidifying the drinking water can help to improve the quality of the ‘forgotten nutrient’. It not only increases the quality of the drinking water by lowering the bacterial load but it also can result in improved performance of the animals.

The fastest way a pathogen can spread disease in a farm and affect the majority of your stock is through the drinking water. Contaminated drinking water can weigh heavily on the immune system of the pigs and will cause distress and disease due to the constant exposure to this high infection rate. Salmonella, E coli bacteria, Streptococcus, oocysts (coccidiosis) etc.