Oct 2023 - Journal Final - Flipbook - Page 7
Health
What Can I Do?
Products and equipment
moving into and out of weanto-昀椀nish farms are an easy place
to start. We know disinfection,
time, and temperature kill viral
pathogens. Have you thought of
implementing Disinfection and
Downtime (D&D) at your weanto-昀椀nish farm?
A second, sometimes easy-toimplement, change is to shower
in/shower out. A lot of sites I visit
had showers built into them at
the time of construction, however,
most have never been used. We
wouldn’t let someone into a sow
farm without showering, what is
keeping us from making this easy
change?
On the dif昀椀cult side, a
consideration is barn location – it
is dif昀椀cult to pick up a farm and
move it to a non-pig-dense area.
Maybe renting a site in an area
with a signi昀椀cant pig population
isn’t such a great idea, or maybe
your system has an option on
where geographic change is
possible.
A wean-to-昀椀nish barn offers
ample opportunities for the
improvement of biosecurity.
Please reach out to any of our
team members if you’d like to
discuss putting these ideas to
work in your operation.
To see recommended
products based on the
scorecard, visit page 20.
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