Monitoring for Salmonella at PIC Deutschland
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The SafePork conference series began in 1996 to bring together international researchers, industry, and government agencies to discuss current Salmonella research and identify research needs pertaining to both pig and pork production. In subsequent years topics of research presented at these conferences expanded to include other chemical and biological hazards to pig and pork production.
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In Germany August 2000 a first draft on reducing the salmonella prevalence in slaughter pigs was made. As reaction PIC Deutschland expanded their health monitoring by testing for salmonella on nucleus and multiplier farms. PIC Deutschland wanted to push and prove with the implementation of the PIC salmonella monitoring program the importance of starting at the highest level in the breeding pyramid. Reduction of the salmonella prevalence in the final product by implementing the program in the top of the pork chain in the nucleus and multiplier farms and then follow the program in the weaner producers and fattening farms. Our goal was explained by the picture of the breeding pyramid with the nucleus and multiplier farms on the top, with the information how and why to do special measures.