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    HealthyLivestock will carry out a research programme to study the contributions of enhanced animal health and welfare on reducing the need to use antimicrobials in pigs and poultry.

    The European Union part of the HealthyLivestock project is funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement number 773436

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Day-old chicken quality and performance of broiler chickens from 3 different hatching systems

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Monitoring Means and Results of Biosecurity in Pig Fattening Farms: Systematic Assessment of Measures in Place and Exploration of Biomarkers of Interest

Annalisa Scollo; Pierre Levallois; Christine Fourichon; Ambra Motta; ,Alessandro Mannelli; Francesco Lombardo; Paolo Ferrari

In recent times, the interest in biosecurity in pig facilities has grown exponentially due to the severe threat to the swine industry worldwide represented by epidemic pathogens and globalization. The outcomes of biosecurity have been monitored through antimicrobial use, and economic and technical performances in pig farms, but limited quantitative data are available regarding animal-based biomarkers over time as output parameters. By means of tailor-made biosecurity protocols, we monitored—over a 12-month period—the biosecurity implementation in swine farms, and described animal-based biomarkers as output parameters. The results shown by the present study suggest that a systematic evaluation of biosecurity is a useful approach to formulate a tailor-made biosecurity plan, and to monitor its implementation; biomarkers could bring insight into the outcomes of biosecurity. Moreover, the description of four farm biosecurity profiles in the present study might orient further investigation in the future on the possible link between biosecurity and lung lesions and scars at slaughter.
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