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Improving Biosecurity in Swine Transport

WShannon
Engineering
November 3, 2020

There are serious gaps in biosecurity, especially related to transportation. There is a need for easier to clean trailers and better sanitizing and cleaning procedures in order to reduce disease transmission. Issues that hinder the cleaning of trailers include downtime required between loads, a limited number of hog transport trailers being available and capacity of truck wash facilities. Manual labour is needed to clean trailers which increases cost and decreases consistency of cleanings. Trailers were ranked according to ease of animal handling and cleaning. The most commonly used design is the double deck potbelly trailer that converts from a double to triple deck design. This style is versatile but is the hardest to clean and not welfare friendly. Straight deck trailers are the easiest to clean, with quad deck trailers being the most difficult as they have more removable decking and ramps. The number of ramps in a trailer has a large influence on how long it takes to load hogs. Pezzaioli trailers do not use ramps so they are the most welfare friendly.

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Research Areas
EngineeringEthologyManagementMediaNutritionOntario PorkProductionSwine Innovation Porc

Engineering

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  • Investment cost and payback period of a modified prototype livestock trailer
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Nutrition

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  • Developing an Indigestible Protein Index to Investigate the Effects of Dietary Protein in Pigs
  • Impact of fibre on performance and intestinal health of pigs fed a high indigestible protein level

Ethology

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  • Rearing pigs with play opportunities: The effects on disease resilience in pigs experimentally inoculated with PRRSV
  • Promoting play behaviour in grow-finish pigs

Management

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  • Seek and you shall find; The value of postmortem, in pigs?
  • P1 development strategies for peak performance

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