The Construction and Application of a Disease Monitoring System (PiglNFO Health) for Japanese Swine Farms Using Meat Inspection Data from Slaughterhouses

摘要

Diseases including chronic respiratory and gastrointestinal infections result in serious economic losses for swine farms in Japan. To prevent and control these diseases, data obtained from meat inspection processes at slaughterhouses were used to develop a disease monitoring system (PiglNFO Health). This system was applied to swine farms and its usefulness for improving disease control and prevention strategies was verified.