Learning Biosecurity's Value - The Hard Way: Iowa producer takes a disease hit when basic transportation biosecurity practices are violated

摘要

Craig Rowles, DVM, closely scrutinizes extra costs at Elite Pork Partnership, an 8,000-sow, farrow-to-fmish operation near Carroll, IA. He knows he will need a sharp pencil to survive these risky times. He also understands why cash-crunched pork producers might question allocating limited resources for biosecurity. "When you start focusing on biosecurity, and the fact that you are probably going to invest in capital expenses, supplies and labor, from a producer's perspective, it is very difficult tounderstand what the return on investment (ROI) for biosecurity will be," he explains.