Keeping Hogs Safe & Healthy
When you raise livestock for a living, preventing disease is one of your top concerns. There are many ways to limit or even eliminate the risks of illnesses among your hog population by taking some easy precautions. Consider the following preventative measures for keeping your livestock healthy and safe.
When adding new livestock to your farm, be sure to keep them isolated for at least 21 days or longer if you suspect that an animal has been exposed to enzootic pneumonia or other serious illnesses. In addition, be sure to purchase animals from someone with an excellent reputation for breeding healthy animals.
You can further protect hogs by limiting access to your animals. Be sure that workers keep their hands, clothing and boots clean when coming and going from different areas in the hog farm. This can prevent the spread of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, which is said to cost the United States swine industry more than $500 million annually. Some research has shown that the use of air filters can reduce incidences of PRRSV. While air filters are costly, the cost of this disease can be many times greater than the cost of air filtration.
Another way to limit diseases from spreading is to monitor and maintain your waste systems. Whether you have a pull plug system, a lagoon waste system or perhaps a deep pit containment system, you can find natural, chemical-free products that are veterinarian-approved, will deal with waste and are still safe for your hogs and employees.
If you do have a deep pit waste system, you can try using biodegradable AgraSphere. These spheres are simply tossed into your system and begin working immediately using a patented system that releases natural microbial isolates 24 hours per day for up to 30 days. This product requires no mixing, and will prevent crusting, as well as reducing sludge, flies and even odors.
For lagoons, there is a specially designed product known as the AgraSphereLGT. This biodegradable product also can be simply tossed into the lagoon and will treat up to 400,000 gallons of hog waste. In addition, the product also will enhance the nutrients in your manure, which can then be used to improve your crops.
When adding new livestock to your farm, be sure to keep them isolated for at least 21 days or longer if you suspect that an animal has been exposed to enzootic pneumonia or other serious illnesses. In addition, be sure to purchase animals from someone with an excellent reputation for breeding healthy animals.
You can further protect hogs by limiting access to your animals. Be sure that workers keep their hands, clothing and boots clean when coming and going from different areas in the hog farm. This can prevent the spread of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, which is said to cost the United States swine industry more than $500 million annually. Some research has shown that the use of air filters can reduce incidences of PRRSV. While air filters are costly, the cost of this disease can be many times greater than the cost of air filtration.
Another way to limit diseases from spreading is to monitor and maintain your waste systems. Whether you have a pull plug system, a lagoon waste system or perhaps a deep pit containment system, you can find natural, chemical-free products that are veterinarian-approved, will deal with waste and are still safe for your hogs and employees.
If you do have a deep pit waste system, you can try using biodegradable AgraSphere. These spheres are simply tossed into your system and begin working immediately using a patented system that releases natural microbial isolates 24 hours per day for up to 30 days. This product requires no mixing, and will prevent crusting, as well as reducing sludge, flies and even odors.
For lagoons, there is a specially designed product known as the AgraSphereLGT. This biodegradable product also can be simply tossed into the lagoon and will treat up to 400,000 gallons of hog waste. In addition, the product also will enhance the nutrients in your manure, which can then be used to improve your crops.
About the Author:
Lianne Derocco enjoys blogging about products used in livestock waste treatment. To get further info about waste water hog treatment, or to find out more about products such as waste digester, please check out the BioverseAG.com website today.
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