The author of the Canadian Swine Health Board’s Biosecurity Users Guide says the new package will provide one stop shopping to help Canadian swine producers improve biosecurity on their farms.
The first draft of the Canadian Swine Health Board’s new Biosecurity Users Guide was introduced as part of Swine Health Forum 2010 which wrapped up October 26 in Quebec City. The document was developed based on information gathered through a national biosecurity benchmarking survey and is intended to assist producers in reducing the risks of disease transmission.
Dr. Chris Byra, a veterinarian with Greenbelt Swine Veterinary Service and the author of the guide, says the target audience is swine producers and their veterinarians to develop protocols for the farm.
Copies of the guide will be available through the provincial pork organizations and online on the Canadian Swine Health Board web site at http://www.swinehealth.ca.
Dr. Byra says, because there are always new methods of improving biosecurity and controlling disease, the guide will be continuously updated and because it will be web based it’ll be easier to keep it current.