How to keep disease out of a sow barn? Positive pressure filtration

A large-scale hog operation in Iowa will use positive pressure filtration, the same technology used by hospitals and manufacturers to avoid contamination, “to help prevent the spread of deadly viruses,” says Successful Farming. Iowa Select Farms spent $18 million on a sow farm that uses the filtration system. The farm, near Derby, in south-central Iowa, houses… » Read More

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