1. Remueve todo el material orgánico visible de pisos, corrales, muros, techos, etc. No olvides ventiladores, calentadores, luces, interruptores, controles, etc. Abre áreas inaccesibles como ventiladores, comederos, lámparas, pozas, ductos de recirculación, etc.
2. Las pozas deben ser limpiados tan bien como sea posible. La intensidad de la limpieza de las pozas dependerá de cual de las enfermedades entéricas (transmitidas mediante el estiércol), están actualmente en el galpón. Tanques de almacenamiento deberían haber sido limpiadas de los sólidos de ellos.
3. Cuando sea posible, levanta las tablillas (slats) y limpia y lava con agua a presión las pozas. Llena los canales con solución concentrada de Cloro (usa gránulos para piscina a 450g/10 000L de agua) y déjalo por uno o dos días. Vacía y baldea con solución de cloro una vez más. Si las tablillas no pueden ser levantadas, vacía las pozas después llénalas con agua y vacíalas para diluir todos los organismos. Llena con agua hasta cubrir las tablillas y déjalos remojar 1 – 2 días. Repite. Una vez diluida, llena con solución de cloro concentrada y remoja las áreas de tablillas de nuevo. Déjalos 48 horas. Drénalos. Llena con solución concentrada de Cloro de nuevo y déjala por 24 horas.
4. Remoja todo el equipo movilizable para una limpieza a fondo. Remoja esto con agua y detergente. Déjalo por 24 horas, luego lava a presión. Lava a presión para remover toda la materia orgánica visible.

1. Clean out all water nipples, water bowls and troughs. Let sit with detergent and water. Then flush the water line with detergent or chlorine solution and let sit 1-2 days at least. Then flush through with fresh water.

1. Clean and disinfect with detergent/soap/disinfectant combinations as Prosovet or Ascend.
2. Allow to dry. Drying is as critical as any disinfectant step.
3. Disinfect with Virkon, Ascend or Profilm disinfectants.
4. Allow to dry.

1. Start rodent control as soon as herd depopulation is considered. Bring in a pest control officer for advice. Consider the state of walls, attics, etc. Use poison as needed. Remove feed from the barns that may attract rodents.
2. Ensure against re-infestation. Seal up holes in walls and foundations.
3. Control weeds and other plant growth for a 3-5 metre strip around the buildings. Soil sterilant should be used, or the soil scraped from the perimeters and 10 centimetres of gravel applied.
4. Maintain bait stations and eliminate possible sources or re-infestation.

1. Outside fan openings and ledges should be cleaned and disinfected, especially for respiratory disease control.
2. Any contaminated soil, such as in load-out chutes or outside pig housing should be removed and the areas limed. Consider liming around the entire outside area of the barns.
3. Walkways between buildings should ideally be closed in completely. Perimeter fences should be built around barns as well.
4. Have clean boot dips at each doorway used to access outside the barn perimeter for removal of dead pigs, and entered in after going through to the perimeter fence.

1. Take swabs of various areas of the barn such as water bowls, fan ledges, corners, pits, etc. to determine the success of the various procedures. In cooperation with your veterinarian, consider seeding some areas with marker organisms to check against. If high numbers of organisms are found, those areas should be re-cleaned.

1. Ideal temperatures are 20-27 degrees Celsius at greater than 60% relative humidity. Have a thermometer inside the building, where it can be seen from outside so as to monitor inside temperatures.
2. Wet all surfaces before starting the fumigation process.
3. Seal all doors, fan openings, etc. except for the escape door. Open into the attic spaces. Seal the outside attic spaces like soffits and gable ends.
4. See PEAK Swine Genetics Technical Paper No. 11 for details.

1. Once cleaned out, a concerted effort must be made to ensure that re-contamination does not occur through rodents, boots, coveralls, fingernails, etc. Equipment should be in the barn before fumigation.
2. Any equipment or supplies taken into the buildings after fumigation should be dipped in Hibitane solution (if possible). If it is new, with no previous pig contact, take it in directly.
3. Visitors entering barns should be pig-free for 48 hours. A shower-in procedure and complete change of clothes is supplied. Keep doors locked. Install a buzzer system for any scheduled visitor announcement.
4. Pigs entering the barn should come only from herds of equal or better health status; in a vehicle that has not stopped at other barns. Ideally, an isolation barn should be available for incoming animals for a 4 week isolation period. Mix new replacements with cull animals to see if any disease problems arise.
5. Shipping should take place only through load-out rooms that allow not contact between truck and barn. Truck and load-out rooms should be cleaned and disinfected after each use.
6. Dead pigs should be removed through load-out or other door. Person inside the barn puts the carcass just outside the door. Someone else outside then picks up the deads and buries them. Burial pits should allow layering lime and soil on top of carcasses to maintain sanitation.

Feed trucks should come onto your farm before delivery to other pig farms. Unload into bins outside a perimeter fence. Truck drivers on no account should enter the barns. Supply a covered mailbox for invoices and delivery slips.

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