biosecurity Articles
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Blockbuster success for Addfield at this years Pig and Poultry Exhibition
Fantastic success at the 2018 Pig and Poultry show Record number of visitors came to see our agricultural incinerators With the sun bearing down on us during the first day of the show the Addfield team began a truly tremendous two-day exhibition at the bi-annual Pig and Poultry show in Warwickshire. Welcoming farmers from across the UK, Ireland and beyond it was a fantastic opportunity not ...
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Bioreactors for Algae Seed Train Inoculum to Maximize Production in Massive Systems
The Drive Towards Scalable and Efficient Algae Production Producing algae as a commodity for feed, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, carotenoids, and pigments calls for expansive setups. Executing this production at scale and making this economical, vast installations like raceway ponds or extensive tubular systems are required. However, the efficiency of these systems hinges on a critical ...
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Planning a RAS project? Be Aware of These Unique Managerial Challenges
Interest in Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) land-based fish production technology is increasing as its benefits are becoming more widely recognized. As a wave of new projects come to fruition, it becomes critically important to address the range of managerial challenges that might arise for those developing these projects. Experience and Industry Specialization One of the key elements ...
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Pork experts indicate growing demand
According to Pig World, at the end of December 2019, “latest figures published by HMRC show a 20% year-on-year increase in UK pork exports in October… [when] pork exports were at a record high of 25,100 tonnes.” Clearly, this is good news for farmers, but even more so is the fact that in addition to the increase in volume exported, the overall value of supplies increased to a ...
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Catastrophic cost of Foot and Mouth Disease
Foot and Mouth disease has never completely disappeared. Although it has been almost 20 years since the last major outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in the UK, which cost the industry more than £8 Billion, it does not mean that the disease is not still a very real risk to the economy. This August the first outbreak since 2001 in the UK was identified at an abattoir in Brentwood in ...
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A biosecure composting system for disposal of cattle carcasses and manure following infectious disease outbreak
Received for publication April 11, 2008. During outbreaks of infectious animal diseases, composting may be an effective method of disposing of mortalities and potentially contaminated manure. Duplicate biosecure structures containing 16 cattle (Bos taurus) mortalities (343 kg average weight) were constructed with carcasses placed on a 40-cm straw layer and overlaid with 160 cm of feedlot manure. ...
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Sheep farming in Qatar - Case Study
Doha, Qatar Baladna, the leading supplier of Syro-Arabian Awassi sheep, needed a supplier who could match their high standards of business. Client Overview Baladna is a national livestock and animal production company along with being the leading supplier of sheep meat, milk and animal feed products. Company values are very important to Baladna so they focus strongly on their top five beliefs: ...
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Technical excellence in Animal waste for the IAEA
The animal waste market is one of our largest consumers of quality products and we have supplied thousands of incinerators for a diverse range of purposes. One of the most important sectors is waste management in remote regions such as isolated Islands. In December of last year, INCINER8 were chosen by the IAEA as the supplier for an animal waste incinerator, destined for a country looking to ...
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Agricultural waste, British Farming and everything in between
The world of farming consists of early mornings and late nights, the diversification throughout the year can change massively from what farms produce to sell and what types of waste they have to manage. This can not only produce more challenges from a management perspective but affect how secure the farm is from a biosecurity standpoint. There are truly an endless amount of sectors within the ...
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We discuss Defra & Red Tractor Assurance
An introduction into the world of farming abbreviations Farming has become increasingly challenging over the past number of years, not only have raw materials seen huge increases in cost but protecting livestock from outbreaks and a range of diseases can also have a massive financial burden on farmers. For many, having onsite incineration is essential for confidence, biosecurity and to obtain ...
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Incineration of Animal Waste on Islands - Case Study
Location: Seychelles, Indian Ocean Client: International Atomic Energy Agency Waste Type: Animal & Bio-hazards Incinerator Supplied: i8-75A DEFRA Model Technical Excellence for the International Atomic Energy Agency in The Seychelles The animal waste market is one of our largest consumers of quality products and we have supplied thousands of incinerators for a diverse range of purposes. One ...
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Scottish Sea Farms - Case Study
Addfield supply a Mobile Aquaculture machine that enables the farming of fish to be sustainable. The Challenge The challenge was to build a bespoke aquaculture incineration machine for Scottish Sea Farms Being located in Northern Scotland means that the working environment is arduous and challenging so Scottish Sea Farms need their equipment to withstand testing climates. Incineration is ...
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The emergence of urban agriculture: Sydney, Australia
Across the world the phenomenon of urban agriculture (UA) is defining itself after emerging from a mainly grass-roots response, evidenced in the Sydney Metropolitan Region by the Hawkesbury Harvest phenomenon and the Sydney Food Fairness Alliance, to powerful global forces which are negatively and paradoxically impacting on the quality of life of urban and farming communities. In the developed ...
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Affects of White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) in Shrimp Farming (Part 3)
White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) is now and has for some time been the most serious threat facing the shrimp farming industry in Asia. It is an extremely virulent pathogen with a large number of host species. This disease is probably the major cause of direct losses of shrimp farming in Asia. Similarly, in Latin America, losses due to WSSV have been substantial. In addition, indirect losses in ...
By Vinnbio
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African Swine Fever devastates swine herds across Europe
How to protect yourself from the dangers of African Swine Fever. This year has seen the return of one of the most devastating agricultural viruses for pigs. With over 100 reports of the highly contagious outbreak of African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV-Asfarviridae) across Europe and Asia recorded during the start of autumn. Although African Swine Fever was believed to have been wiped out ...
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10 things you can do to reduce the threat of Avian Flu
With Avian Flu looming its gloomy head over the start to 2018, what can YOU do as poultry farmers to reduce your potential exposure to this destructive disease. Forgive us if you already have these in place…. We just want make sure as many people are informed as possible. All poultry keepers should: minimise movement in and out of bird enclosures clean footwear before and after visiting ...
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Ensuring bio security in cattle production - Case Study
Central America’s largest meat producer looks to ensure their livestock’s bio security in Mexico and Nicaragua. With 1,058,000 livestock over multiple locations in Central America, a solution was urgently needed that could meet their demanding and distributed waste management needs. A thermal treatment solution is needed As the largest meat producer in Central America with ...
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Bird Culling in the Battle Against Avian Flu
Carbon dioxide stunning is a common technique used in the bird culling and poultry slaughter processes. Outbreaks of avian flu have been spreading across the UK and beyond for the past several months, resulting in necessary bird culling to limit the spread of disease.Avian flu spreads from country to country as wild birds migrate seasonally. There are several strains which do little harm to the ...
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A vertically integrated broiler project planning in Botswana - Case Study
A vertically integrated broiler project is being planned in Botswana, as part of a large scale project to develop the country infrastructure and agro-commercial production, implemented by Tahal Group and sponsored by the Botswana's Government. The project will be using a state of the art bio-security model and advanced production ...
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The dangers of Mad Cow Disease!
The dangers of Mad Cow Disease! For the first time in over ten years Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) better known as Mad Cow Disease has reared its head again in the UK with cases recorded on a farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland this October. A highly problematic virus that has previously devastated livestock in 1986 when 180,000 cattle were found to be infected, which led to a mass ...
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