Lesson 1

Good Production Practice #1

Establish and implement an efficient and effective herd health management plan

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Objectives

• This lesson will help you:– Describe herd health management procedures that help

maintain and improve the health of the herd– Name and describe appropriate biosecurity procedures, such as

cleaning and disinfection of equipment, that help maintain herd health

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Herd Health Management Plan

• Controls disease• Prevention vs. treatment• Reduces risk of drug

residue• Reduces medication cost

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Herd Health Management Plan

• Develop a herd health plan with your veterinarian– Regular animal evaluation– Vaccination plan– Parasite control– Biosecurity– Rodent/pest control– Cleaning and disinfecting

• Review health status of the herd

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Herd Health Management Plan

• Regular veterinarian herd health checks – Vaccination plan– Parasite control

• Biosecurity• Rodent/pest control• Cleaning and disinfecting

procedures

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Herd Health Checks

• Regularly scheduled veterinarian herd health check– Observe animals– Review vaccination and

treatment records– Discuss any health

concerns

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Biosecurity

• Keeping disease out of your herd

• Keeping your pigs’ diseases from spreading to other pigs

Disease Prevention

Disease

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Biosecurity

• How can diseases be transmitted from one farm to another?– Rodents, wildlife, birds, pets– Vehicles– Humans– New animals– Clothes and shoes– Air

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Biosecurity

• Biosecurity measures taken on many commercial swine operations– Clean and disinfect buildings and equipment– Wear plastic boots, farm-supplied clothing– Limit foot traffic– Shower-in and shower-out

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Rodent/Pest Control

• Rodent/pest control– Deny entrance to facilities and building– Remove sources of food that can attract

and maintain rodent populations– Deny “cover” or places to live– Bait or trap to reduce the number of

existing rodents – Do not use cats for rodent control

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Cleaning and Disinfecting

• Cleaning and disinfecting procedures– Remove organic matter

Manure, bedding, etc.

– Thoroughly clean building and equipment

– Disinfect– Allow to dry before

repopulating

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Take-Home Message

• Work with your veterinarian to develop a herd health plan

• Develop and implement a biosecurity plan with your veterinarian

• Implement specific biosecurity measures that you have identified

• Respect fellow producers’

biosecurity

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Summary

• A herd health plan can help you to prevent diseases in your herd, keeping it healthy

• Biosecurity should be a part of your herd health plan

Disease

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