Saskatchewan pork industry symposium 2010

November 24, 2010.

Dr.Lucie Verdon, CSHB Biosecurity coordinator

The National Swine Farm-LevelBiosecuriy Standard

BackgroundAug. 20th, 2007: Federal government announces $76.22 million for combating disease and enhancing prosperity and stability in the hog sector to be delivered in two phases:Phase 1 – Circovirus Inoculation Program (CIP)

• Details announced Nov. 20/2007; completed Dec. 31/2008Phase 2 – Creation of the Canadian Swine Health Board

• Up to $40 million for activities related to biosecurity, emerging diseases research and long term disease risk management strategies announced Mar. 30/2009

Who we areMember Organizations

Canadian Association of Swine Veterinarians: 1

Veterinary Colleges of Canada: 1

Canadian Centre for Swine Improvement: 1

Canadian Meat Council: 1

Canadian Pork Council: 4

CCVO - OCMV

Mission

Providing leadership, coordination and support in the management of the health of the Canadian swine

herd

Strategic Framework

Pillars of Success:

• Biosecurity

• Research

• Long Term Disease Risk Management

• Sustainability

Objective for the Biosecurity and Best management practices:

“…To set up a NATIONAL BIOSECURITY STANDARD that will apply to, and will be voluntary adhered to, by the Canadian swine industry.

The adoption of a national biosecurity and best management practices standard by the Canadian swine industry will assist in preventing and mitigating the impacts of the circovirus and other emerging or establish diseases.”

Biosecurity advisory committee: your voice

William ‘Bill’ Ballantyne, chairman

J.MacDonald/B. Ballantyne/ Mark Kramer /B. Ferriss/ A. Leboeuf / N.Martineau/ D. Hurnik/ T. Riek/ J. Alsop / S. Dingwell/ B.Chappel/C.Templeton M.Radford / D.Hayward /(D.Lawrence /D.Krause /D. MacDougald/ /P.Spooner, R.Bergman, C.Gagnon-Fortin)

Stakeholder participationBiosecurity Advisory Committee

• Canadian Pork Council (Scott Dingwell, Normand Martineau, Rick Bergmann, Dawn Lawrence)

• Canadian Association of Swine Veterinarians (Brad Chappell, Doug MacDougald)

• PigGen Canada (Tom Reik)

• Canadian Veterinary Colleges (Dan Hurnik)

• Canadian Society of Animal Science (Denis Kraus)

• Canadian Meat Council (Bill Ballantyne)

• CCVO - FPT Biosecurity Working Group (Janet Alsop, Claudia Gagné-Fortin)

• CFIA - Office of Animal Biosecurity (Jane MacDonald)

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Paul Spooner)

• CSHB Biosecurity Coordinator (Lucie Verdon)

Biosecurity

FAO/WB/OIE experts in 2009 defined biosecurity as:

the implementation of measures that reduce the risk of the introduction and spread of disease agents. It requires the adoption of attitudes and behaviours by people to reduce risk in all activities involving domestic, captive/exotic and wild animals and their products.

Ante-room

BiosecurityBiosecurity matters because:

• Foreign/reportable animal diseases are costly• Scale of problem is proportional to how much it has

spread prior to detection• Rate of spread is proportional to biosecurity• Foreign animal diseases (FAD) are a critical risk and

of universal concern

Because diseases are coslty and daily challenge…

First step : National Swine Biosecurity Benchmarking Survey

Purpose: · Collect baseline data of biosecurity practices on

Canadian hog farms· Identify areas to strengthen biosecurity on

Canadian hog farms· Provide opportunity to measure positive impacts

of biosecurity programming

Sampling Plan • Regional differences

• Stratified sampling across the industry • 5 regions: BC-Prairies-Ontario-Quebec-Maritimes

• Production type• 3 distinct commercial production types

Farrow to finish, farrow only, finishing phase only

• Site selection • Proposals from assessors: 400 sites, all anonymous• Stratified by region and farm type• Anonymously selected by lottery from each classification until

the required numbers were reached

Sampling Plan• Validated population

Data from the 2006 Canadian Census Statistics

• Confidence level Sample size gives an accuracy of 15% with a confidence of 95%

Type of site Required # of sites

Actual # of sites

Commercial herds 220 223223

Breeders 44 5555

Boar stud farms 40 (targeted all) 28 28

Total sites visited 304 306

National Swine Biosecurity Benchmarking Survey

• Assessors are conducting follow up farm visits with survey participants…. not an evaluation against any standard.Herd veterinarians will be part of the process

• Survey helped with mortality insurance project

• NSF-CMi to deliver final report in December

National Swine Biosecurity Benchmarking Survey• To ensure we get the most use from the data,

CSHB will develop communication plan to get results to those who can benefit from the results

• Industry• Government• Public

• Identified areas that justify investing in programs and practices to strengthen the Canadian swine industry’s position as a world leader in animal health

Second step :Develop National Swine Farm-level Biosecurity Standard

Why a Standard ?· Part of a National strategy : Office of Animal Biosecurity (CFIA) are

developing Biosecurity standards in 8 commodities (Poultry, Beef, Dairy, Bees,…)

• Recommendations of Task Team dealing with addressing PCVAD/PMWS (2007) : Be VOLUNTARY !

· The interrelated nature of animal, human and ecologic health (One Health concept)

· Need to verify the practises in place that contribute to high animal health status- Animal health – both endemic and foreign animal disease;

• Minimizing the potential for costs and revenue losses;• Protecting the ability to move livestock;• Protecting service industries e.g. feed supplies;• Protecting export markets / assist in domestic marketing.

Who ? Technical Committee on Biosecurity• Dr. Brad Chappell – SHP Ltd., Manitoba

• representing the Canadian Association of Swine Veterinarians

• Dr. Dan Hurnik – AVC, UPEI, PEI

• Dr. Christian Klopfenstein – CDPQ, Quebec

• Dr. Doug MacDougald – Ontario Swine Health Advisory Board, Ontario

• representing the Canadian Association of Swine Veterinarians

• Dr. Tom Riek – PIC Ltd., Alberta • representing PigGen Canada

• Dr. Lucie Verdon – CSHB Biosecurity Coordinator

Development phases • Litterature review • Based on available scientific knowledge and

experience• Initial draft, then editing and regular discussion by

the biosecurity advisory committee• In consultation with CFIA Office of Animal

Biosecurity (review process)• Technical review and broad consultations

National Swine Farm-Level Biosecurity Standard• It is a voluntaryvoluntary standard • Not a new area for most Canadian pork producers,

many of whom already implement biosecurity practices on a daily basis.

• Outcome based• Canadian biosecurity experts from various

stakeholder groups participated in the review• In consultation with CFIA Office of Animal

Biosecurity (OAB)

Consultations process • Technical review

• More than 50 Canadian experts from private, corporate, industry, government, academia, genetic companies, pharmaceutical companies, processors…

• Broader consultations • By producers and practioners • By industry stakeholders• By international experts : recognized for leadership in swine

biosecurity

National Swine Farm-Level Biosecurity Standard

Section 1. Introduction

• Aim : Bio-exclusion, bio-confinement and bio-management

• Principles in the Standard 1. Segregation2. Sanitation3. Flow Management4. Records

• Planning and training• Communication strategy• Health status monitoring• Compartimentalization

Section 2• Route of exposure approach consistent with

currently existing swine biosecurity protocols in the industry : direct, indirect

• On-Farm Animal Health Management and Regional Considerations

How to apply it to my farm ? •Web-based user guide and visual training materials to provide guidance and specific examples.•Intended to provide a framework for producers to develop their own farm-specific biosecurity protocols according to their unique situations•Web site : the place to look for practical Swine biosecurity in Canada

BenchmarkingWhere we are ….

Disease : control , elimination

Effort, change,

Advantages ?

When planning the implementation • Many BMP are already known• Engagement from the producer is essential• Risk factors are specific to sites, regions and

production type : adaptable programming must be put in place

• Programs should be linked with the regional activities without duplicating them.

Recommendation for implementation • The Biosecurity advisory committee indicated the

need to develop programming that will maximize the implementation effort and offer advantages for them.

Programming to encourage adoption of the National Swine FarmNational Swine Farm--Level BiosecurityLevel Biosecurity StandardStandard

FARM AUDIT

PROGRAM ONE HEALTH

PROGRAM

SERVICE PROVIDERS

PROGRAM

FARM / PROFESSIONAL

/ VET TRAININGPROGRAM

GENETIC PROGRAM

MARKET ACCESSBIOSECURITY PROGRAM

PRODUCER INSURANCEPILOT PROGRAM

Biosecurity Standard

CAPITAL ASSISTANCEPROGRAM

Each program will be using the National Swine FarmNational Swine Farm--Level BiosecurityLevel Biosecurity Standard Standard as a referenceas a reference

1. Third party audit program 2. Insurance program : basic level3. Service providers program 4. Genetic providers program5. Market Access biosecurity program6. Farm / Professional/ Vet training program7. One Health program 8. Capital assistance program

Ontario Pork Industry: Overview

Suppliers of Inputs and Services

Producers

Rendering

20+ types • Farrow-to-finish• Farrow-to-nursery to finisher• Farrow-to-wean to nursery-finisher• Farrow-to-wean to nursery to finisher

Processors

Primary Secondary

Food Service

Distribution

Retail

Feed

RestaurantInstitutional

Off-farm biosecurity

Not to forgot te service providers

Conclusion

Implementation programming is currently being developed and will be guided by

the results of the recently completed national biosecurity benchmarking study

and the National Swine Farm-Level Biosecurity Standard .

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