MAKING A PLAN OF BIOSECURITY ON A PIG FARM
Atanas Nitovski, Milinko Milenković, Bisa Radović, Valentina Milanović, Dragana Grčak, Milovan Grčak
Faculty of Agriculture, Lešak, Kosovo and Metohia, Serbia
anitovski@gmail.com
Infectious diseases on a pig farm may be spread by exposing animals to infected animals, by exposing animals in their incubation period to dead animals that were not removed properly, vehicles, equipment, clothing and shoes of visitors or employees who have had contact with the herd, contact with other herds, contact with other animals (horses, dogs, cats, wildlife, rodents, birds, insects), but also by contaminated objects, contaminated food, and improper management of manure when it comes to the creation of dust and spraying (Hristov, 2007). Prevention from infections diseases spreading on the farm and its environment is done by using primary and secondary biosecurity measures. The list of biosecurity measures includes elements related to spacions ches: hygienic and microclimate conditions for pig rearing, care, nutrition and watering, surveilance, regraping and transmiting swine disease, outbreak control, care of barns equipment and production process organization, which are performed by veterinarians and zootechnicians. Biosecurity standards must concern the necessary health level of the swine herd and the work organization all compulsory health measures for disease control and prevention spreading should be undertaken particulary those whose outbreak must be reported. Biosecurity plans show the present epidemiological situation, potential herd health, production threats, as well as possible solutions that must be concerned (Stanković et al. 2010). The most effective implementation of biosecurity measures on farms provides a development plan for that farm biosecurity. The biosecurity plan we have developed based on detailed observation and analysis of the relevance of indicators and on biosecurity which includes: 1) an actual written plan for achieving and maintaining biosecurity of the farm production based on keeping proper records; 2) isolation of the farm as a whole or individual segments of manufacturing and production operations, 3) including new animals in the herd; 4) health of the herd; 5) evaluations of the equipment and the personnel; 6) traffic and movement control; 7) attitude towards visitors; 8) food and water control; 9) manure; 10) disposal of carcasses of dead animals; 11) relationship to other animals on the farm; 12) population control of rodents and birds; 13) Sanitation (Stanković et al., 2010).
Keywords: biosecurity; plan of biosecurity; pig farm
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