Dr. Dan Hurnik, Professor of AVC’s Department of Health Management, was a key contributing author to a recently published OIE report entitled Good Practices for Biosecurity in the Pig Sector—Issues and options in developing and transition countries. The report was written on behalf of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Bank, under the overall guidance and responsibility of Dr. J. Domenech and his successor Dr. J. Lubroth, Chief Veterinary Officers of FAO.

The executive summary states in part that the H1N1 pandemic of 2009 and initial uncertainties about the role of pigs in the transmission of the virus led the FAO, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Bank to place the highest priority on developing tools for improving biosecurity in pig production. The report outlines biosecurity principles to limit pig-to-pig transmission of disease and reduce the impact of infectious swine diseases, including economic loss.

Report authors include François Madec, Deputy Director of the French Agency for Food Safety (AFSSA), Veterinary Research Laboratory, Ploufragan (France); and Vincent Porphyre and Eric Cardinale, veterinarians and researchers in animal husbandry and epidemiology at the International Cooperation Centre of Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD).

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