Small-scale pig keeping: back to biosecurity basics

Research scientist and pig farmer Dr Michaela Giles launches her series of insights for smaller herds with a reminder of the unique biosecurity challenges faced by the smallholder pig keeper.
calendar icon 27 March 2019
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Keep your pigs behind gated fences where direct contact is minimised and place biosecurity warning signs on any gates
Keep your pigs behind gated fences where direct contact is minimised and place biosecurity warning signs on any gates

Dr Michaela Giles

Michaela has worked in the livestock health industry as a research scientist since 1985. She is a director of the British Pig Association and is an active member of the British government’s Pig Expert Group. Michaela is also the author of The Commuter Pig Keeper.

More in this series: Small-scale pig keeping

August - March 2019


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