Health Level

Denmark

Denmark is free of all contagious diseases such as Classical and African Swine Fever, Foot and Mouth Disease, SVD, Aujeszky's Disease and Teschen's Disease as well as Brucellosis, Tuberculosis and Trichinosis.

SPF / MS
The registered breeding and multiplier herds under the SPF programme are the pig farms with the highest health status. These farms are free of the specific pig diseases such as Dysentery, Pneumonia, Atrophic Rhinitis, Lice, Mange etc.

From the SPF/MS system all animals are transported in specially equipped trucks with pressurized airfilter ventilation to avoid contamination of the animals during transfer from one farm to another.
The SPF system is based on the Caesarian operation and is used in connection with e.g. the establishment of new herds.

The use of growth promoters are not allowed in the DanBred breeding herds.