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NEW VACCINATION RESOURCES NOW AVAILABLE

A solid vaccination program is vital to maintaining health and productivity in all cow-calf herds. Understanding the myriad of diseases that pose a risk to your herd, the products that protect against them and how those products work is a daunting task, but critical to protecting animals and preventing financial losses.

Through a recently completed BCRC-funded project, a team of experts has developed a collection of new resources that take the stress out of making these important decisions.

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Season 7, Episode 5: Understanding Hog Trailer Contamination and Re-Contamination

Video: Season 7, Episode 5: Understanding Hog Trailer Contamination and Re-Contamination

Biosecurity and foreign animal disease preparedness extends beyond the farm. This episode looks at the risk of contamination on hog trailers as pigs move from different parts of the state to harvest plants.

Dr. Cesar Corzo, associate professor at the University of Minnesota and leman chair for swine health and productivity, and Lucas Ferreira, research assistant and PhD student at the university, discuss how their trailer research got started, how trailers can be exposed to pathogens and where contamination can occur during the transportation process. They also discuss trailer washing, PPE and opportunities to break the chain of contamination and strengthen transportation biosecurity.