A second round of funding is available for the Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Research Program through the Swine Health Information Center. SHIC Associate Director Dr. Megan Niederwerder says this second round of funding will focus on five main areas for pigs post weaning. Reproductive swine facilities have historically been a main focus for biosecurity research in the past. “We’re really looking for cost effective tools and technologies that can make biosecurity easy,” says Niederwerder. These projects will focus on pigs who may be born and go through nurseries without being infected with disease but who are exposed as they are placed into finishing stages of production. The goal of this research is to find efficient and cost-effective biosecurity protocols to the next stage of production. Project proposals are due to SHIC by 5 p.m. April 28th.
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