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Advice
Tips for single site
pork production
By Ed Barrie
Swine Advisor
The appearance of a number of
new swine buildings, associated with
multiple site production, has caused a
lot of people who operate single site
production facilities to seriously
analyze their management skills.
They do not want to miss out on a
major shift in technology, but for a
number of reasons, do not want to
invest the substantial sums of money
required to become multiple site
producers.
The questions that these people
raise have resulted in some answers
being developed which may well go
a long way in sustaining single site
production in Ontario.
Ventilation has clearly become a
major issue. To maximize animal
performance it is vital that clean,
fresh, uncontaminated air be made
available to the animals at a speed
and temperature which does not
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stress them. Builders have seen the
significance of this fact and new
facilities are equipped with well
designed efficient systems. In
addition, older single site facilities
can be refitted with the same well
designed efficient systems. The
considerations to be looked at when
planning these changes are to get
designs from people who are
knowledgeable and fluent in the
business, and purchase what is
needed to get the job done.
Combined with improved
ventilation a producer may add
interior doors, walls etc. to create all -
in all-out rooms if at all possible.
This allows for a complete clean up
of the facility, one section at a time,
but done on a regular basis.
Bio Security is another phase that
comes up in these discussions. What
we are really recognizing is that the
greatest threats to health come from
pig -to -pig contact. Second greatest
threats are pig -to -other -animal,
including rats, mice, birds and
organisms which may be carried on
human clothing. Third greatest
threats are probably those which are
carried by air from other swine
locations.
These concerns have been
addressed in a number of ways.
• Eliminate live animal introduc-
tions to a facility. If it is absolutely
necessary to bring in live animals,
strict quarantine and isolation rules
will be observed. The use of
Artificial Insemination and caesarean
section are also very effective ways
of bringing in new blood lints with
minimal animal risk.
• Rodent control plans which are
well planned and carried out have
demonstrated very effective results in
lowering the disease threat to existing
herds.
• People control plans: locked
doors and routing delivery vehicle
traffic and drivers to neutral or non-
threatening sites are positive steps as
well. The appearance of washers and
dryers and a supply of clothing for
in -barn use, which remains in the
barn after use, reduces the chances of
any outside disease organism being
carried in. '
• In the arca of air -borne disease
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