Exotic diseases: Guidance to help pig producers cope with porcine epidemic diarrhoea

• Localización: Veterinary Record, ISSN-e 2042-7670, Vol. 176, Nº. 23, 2015, págs. 586-586
• Idioma: inglés
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  • STANDARD operating procedures (SOPs) to help the pig industry cope with any future outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) have been produced by the British Pig Executive (BPEX) on behalf of the Pig Health and Welfare Council.

    BPEX says that, ultimately, there will be about a dozen SOPs available on its website, dealing with issues such as visitors on site, vehicles, manure and handling fallen stock. Biosecurity is central to all the SOPs, which are based on experiences in the Canadian pig industry, which has had some success in controlling PED using strict biosecurity. The SOPS will be updated regularly as the situation changes and knowledge of how to control PED improves....