How are farmers dealing with biosecurity? Healthy animals, less medication and better prices through biosecurity

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Publication date	Tuesday, 3 May, 2016
Keywords	Animal husbandry and welfare animal health animal welfare

Animal health and welfare are key in good livestock farming. Improved biosecurity aims to safeguard and even improve animal health. Biosecurity measures are based on the principle of avoiding direct and indirect contact between groups of animals and reducing the general infection pressure. Jeroen Dewulf, expert on biosecurity, (Ghent University) explains: “Biosecurity leads to better health and production performance, less medication and better prices for the products. Biosecurity measures are fundamental to every animal health programme.”

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