MEASURES TO PRESERVE THE BIOSECURITY OF SWINE FARMS EXPLOITED IN ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

Abstract

Obtaining production in alternative systems, using traditional rustic breeds must be well organized through prophylactic therapies with an emphasis on food security, the state of having reliable access to a sufficient amount of traditional foods, at affordable prices, being an essential condition in good practices to preserve quality food and prevention of contamination and transmission of diseases through food obtained from the Mangalita breed. In order to reduce the presence of pathogens in critical control points at live animals on production phases and in carcasses at each stage of processing and utilization, biosecurity managerial measures are required to provide for the maintenance of hygiene in rest areas, decontamination when pigs are loaded or unloaded fat at authorized slaughterhouses and on the technological flow of obtaining carcasses, meat processing and market distribution. Veterinary sanitary management measures implemented on farms must contribute to the reduction of infections and diseases as prevention methods by ensuring adequate maintenance conditions, good hygiene standards in shelters and solving animal health problems, as a necessity to have less diseases, lower mortality and better production results and efficient utilization.