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Prairie Swine Centre is an affiliate of the University of Saskatchewan
Prairie Swine Centre is grateful for the assistance of the George Morris Centre in developing the economics portion of Pork Insight.
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Field Testing of an Air Filtration System for a Pig Transport Trailer
Posted in: Pork Insight Articles, Prairie Swine Centre by admin on December 2, 2014
Th e spread of airborne transmissible disease such as PRRS continues to be a serious threat to the Canadian swine industry as this disease causes significant economic losses to infected herds. Th is project aimed to develop an additional line of defence against infection of airborne diseases by designing an air filtration system for a swine transport trailer to maintain a pathogen-free environment inside the trailer
during transport. Testing and evaluation of the prototype air filtration system showed that the use of antimicrobial filters (i.e., MERV 16 and
fabric bag filters) can effectively capture bioaerosols in the air and prevent their entry into the animal compartment of the trailer.
Air Filtration Transport Trailer