Discourage pests/animals that can carry disease (such as rodents, wild birds, cats, dogs, foxes and insects) around pig units

Type: Effect

Links from: Item Link details Clean up spillages of pig feed Control weeds and other vegetation around pig units Promptly and carefully dispose of dead livestock, afterbirths (and similar material that might encourage foxes and other scavengers) on pig farms

View all links (top-down) Discourage pests/animals that can carry disease (such as rodents, wild birds, cats, dogs, foxes and insects) around pig units View all links (bottom-up)

Links to: Link details Item Keep salmonella out of pig farms Ensure pig bedding materials are not contaminated with faeces or corpses of wildlife, rodents, birds, cats or other animals

Defra Project IF0131
Assessment of reduction in environmental burdens through targeted measures compared with whole farm approaches in cropping and livestock systems
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Friday 30 October 2009