Control of Salmonella in Pig Farms

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   1. Objectives
   2. Learning goals
   3. Teacher page
2. Course content: Salmonella Control
   1. What is Salmonella?
   2. Human salmonellosis in Europe
   3. European monitoring programs of Salmonella
   4. Pigs and pork as a source of Salmonella in Europe
   5. Salmonella in pig farms
   6. Control Measures
3. Completion
   1. Comments
   2. Self-assessment
   3. Key messages
   4. Further reading
   5. Evaluation
4. Acknowledgement

Learning goals

After working through this resource, employees in industry should be able to:

• demonstrate the reason why Salmonella is a problem for pig farms although it may not have a direct impact on the pigs' health
• give examples of different control strategies
• discuss the most important control strategies against Salmonella in pig farms.

After working through this resource, students in higher education should be able to:

• demonstrate the reason why Salmonella is a problem for pig farms although it may not have a direct impact on the pigs' health
• explain the main sources of Salmonella in a farm
• describe the problems related to silent infections in positive pig farms
• explain the different approaches regarding the control of Salmonella in a farm
• describe the problems related to the control of Salmonella in pig farms
• describe the most important strategies for reduction of the level of Salmonella in a farm.