Hottest of the hot topics 🔥

😷🛡️ Nowadays, biosecurity measures are the hottest of the hot topics in the swine industry! With that in mind, a recent publication from the Torremorell lab talks about farm practices and flu in farm workers! Here are some take-away points from the publication:

• Piglets becoming infected with influenza before weaning play a part in the endemic status of sow farms; between 16% and 94% of the samples taken post-activity from farm workers’ hands and clothing were PCR positive for influenza; and activities during the peri-weaning period had an almost 6 times higher risk of flu detection.

📚 For a more in-depth read, click here. Want to read the complete text? It's available for open access on the Porcine Health Management journal website – here.