Category Research project
  • Mikrobiologie

Biosecurity practises for pig farming across Europe

Project status
Project start
Jan 2020
Project end
Dec 2022
Acronym
EJP BIOPIGEE
Department
Biologische Sicherheit
Website
https://onehealthejp.eu/groups/biopigee/

Description and Objective

We will provide advice to farmers, veterinarians, authorities and the wider pig industry on the best practice with regards to biosecurity measures, with the help of a series of workshops, website-content, reports, supporting material for farming schools, and a decision support tool (WP6). The guidance will concentrate on the effectiveness of biosecurity measures against Salmonella and HEV, but will also provide relevant information and discussion on their appropriateness for other pathogens of public health and pig health importance. BIOPIGEE will concentrate on farm-specific measures but will also include factors related to slaughterhouse and pig transport. Biosecurity protocols with the focus on Salmonella and HEV occurrence in pig production and at abattoir will be developed and applied in partner countries. The included biosecurity measures will be evaluated with the help of also investigated prevalence of Salmonella and HEV. Thanks to the strong collection of consortium members, further studies will be arranged to investigate effectiveness of biosecurity measures. The biological effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of biosecurity measures will be determined through case-control and specific field studies involving the partner countries (WP2) and by the interpretation of outputs of a Quantitative microbial risk assessment, as well as economic effectiveness models (WP4).
Type of project

Third-party funded project

Research focus

Gesundheit von Mensch, Tier und Umwelt (One Health)

Organisational units and partners

Lead specialist group: Epidemiologie, Zoonosen und Antibiotikaresistenz (43)
Contact persons: Dr. Elke Burow
External partner: Swedish National Veterinary Institute, National Veterinary Institute, Sweden, Animal & Plant Health Agency, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research , National Institute For Public Health and The Environment, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety , AGES - Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH, National Veterinary Research Institute , Veterinary Research Institute, v. V. I., Italian National Institute of Health, Institut für Tierseuchenbekämpfung der Abruzzen und Molise 'G. Caporale', Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, Estonian Veterinary and Food Laboratory, National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Institute, NDRVI, BG

Funding body and grant number

Europäische Union
Grant agreement 773830

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