ISU Swine Program Highlights

February 2018

Iowa Pork Regional Conference

IPIC Swine Field Specialists

Iowa Pork Industry Center

Are these pigs making money?How do you know?

ISU Crush Margin App

www.ipic.iastate.edu/software

Is this pig comfortable?

Managing Your Unseen Employee:

The Ventilation System

Workshops on Ventilation Basics, Curtain, Inlet and Controller

Management Troubleshooting, Hands-on Ventilation Trailer

Iowa Pork Industry Center

Hands-on

Ventilation

Trailer

Workshops on

• Ventilation Basics

• Curtains

• Inlets

• Controller Management Troubleshooting

Iowa Pork Industry Center

2018 Ventilation Workshops

Iowa Pork Industry Center

March 1 – Northwest Research Farm, Sutherland

March 6 – NIACC, Mason City

March 7 – Meyer Seed & Chemical, Montezuma

March 8 – National Guard Armory, Washington

March 20 – Postville Veterinary Clinic, Postville

March 21 – Featherlite Mfg, Cresco

March 22 – Ahrenholtz Construction, Harlan

Workshops are 9:30-3:30 and sponsored by IPPA

Contact us to sign up. Space is limited.

Is this pig comfortable & healthy?

• Is he growing and converting efficiently?

• Is he healthy and comfortable?

• Does he need treated?

• Is he making money?

The right questions are:

• How are his contemporaries?

• What is his history?

- meds, vaccines, exposure, …

How is this pig doing?

How is this pig doing?

How is this pig doing?

A

B

C

E

Individual Pig Care Workshop

– Utilizing tools from Zoetis that were donated to National Pork Board

– Teach differences between A, B, and C pigs.• A head to tail, top to bottom observation of every pig

• A basis of pig health and body condition

• Dictates different treatment and care options

• Provides a common language/classification for contract growers/farm/system staff and DVM

– And how do we communicate care options?• DISC analysis and training

Caretaker action depends on whether a pig is an A, B, C, or E Pig

▪ Individual Pig Care assessment at the Pig Level provides a classification

system, so caregivers can effectively communicate the status of a pig’s

health to their production manager using a ranking system:

– A pigs: Acute, treat and leave in pen

– B pigs: Subacute, treat and leave in pen

– C pigs: Chronic illness, treat, pull to fallout pen; watch for signs

of progress

– E pigs: Humanely euthanize

Individual Pig Care Workshop

• Focuses on 4 of the 5 critical audit failure portions of the

Common Swine Industry Audit

• Modular so workshops can be customized based on the

producer’s method of euthanasia

• Encompasses animal and caretaker safety

Euthanasia Workshop

Common Swine Industry Audit

• Announced in October 2014– 3rd party auditing

– Requires documentation and adoption of specific husbandry practices.

– SOP’s

• IPIC staff can help– Can assist you in preparing for successful audits and responding to non-

conformities.

– In partnership with IPPA, a binder and SOP guides are available

• So, what have we learned…

Iowa Pork Industry Center

Common Swine Industry Audit2018 Revisions- some clarification for auditors – following items could affect production sites and producersAnimal Observations:

• Excessive prod use was added as a willful act of abuse for consistency with the transport/load-out section.

Record-keeping

• A 12-month retention requirement was added to the maintenance log for euthanasia equipment to equal other records retention requirements.

• An equivalence was granted to the Canadian Quality Assurance/Animal Care Assessment program, allowing Canadian sites to use this program in place of PQA Plus Site Status.

• The standard for broken needles was modified to clearly indicate which sections are required in an SOP and which sections are examples of that information.

• The biosecurity standard was modified to better describe the required elements of a biosecurity SOP as well as required elements of a rodent control plan.

• Two SOP questions were combined into one; the rodent control plan is now a required element of the biosecurity SOP.

Caretaker Training

• Additional language was added to the caretaker training section to allow Youth PQA certification for caretakers 14 years of age or younger.

• A modification was made to the elements of the euthanasia plan that caretakers must articulate

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CSIA Frequently Asked Questions

• Does one audit cover all of my sites?– No, sites are defined by Prem ID. Packer determines sites to be audited.

• Who gets copies of the audit?– Since the packer owns the audit, they will get a copy as well as the site.

All questions and clarifications will be done with the packer.

• Will auditors be required to follow biosecurity protocols?– Yes. The auditors are trained to follow the site’s biosecurity protocols to

prevent the accidental transmission of diseases. When the auditors

contact the farm to schedule the audit, they are to ask about biosecurity

restrictions and observe them.

• …

FAQ’s document available at: www.ipic....

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