Effect of soaking methods on pig farms

摘要

Efficient cleaning and disinfection reduces the incidence of most pathologies. As part of the new European regulations on salmonella, Hygiene Package and Guide to Good Practice in pig farms, cleaning and disinfection form an essential means of control. The French Institute of Pig Farming (IFIP) has already conducted procedure evaluation tests in order to optimise the efficiency and cost of cleaning and disinfection. In order to improve further on these procedures, the increased duration of soaking and the use of a wetting agent such as Ecolab's Inciprop Wet in the soaking water remain to be investigated.