On this page, you will find the tools to help you develop your own biosecurity management plan and support the implementation of simple, everyday biosecurity practices to protect your herd health.

Resources are available for all levels of pig keeping and production, whether you have one or two pet pigs, a hobby farm, keep pigs for your own consumption or are a small or large commercial operation.

For APIQ specific options, please visit the APIQ resource library.

These resources were created in collaboration with:

  • NSW Department of Primary Industries
  • Federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
  • SunPork Farms
  • Charles Sturt University
  • Animal Health Australia

More information can be found at the Farm Biosecurity website.

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Template explainer video

 

 

Templates

A biosecurity management plan, when followed, will help you manage your biosecurity risks.

This biosecurity plan represents best practice to protect your pigs from the introduction and spread of pests, weeds and disease.

Box on side of pig shed
Template for a detailed plan

Interactive PDF
Farm worker hosing the inside of a pig shed
Template for a detailed plan

Print PDF
Holden Colorado ute in front of pig shed. Sunset in distance
Site map template

Simple grid system to help lay out your site map.
Woman typing on keyboard
Worked example of a detailed plan

This example refers to the APIQ🗸® standards effective September 1 2021.
Farmer reading paper
Information guide

This guide can be used to assist completing the checklist and plan template.
Contingency plans
Close up of man washing hands in running water. Water falling into sink below hands.
Pig EAD contingency plan

Interactive PDF
Man writing on notepad on bonnet of car
Pig EAD contingency plan

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Checklists
Woman on computer typing on keyboard
Checklist for a simple plan

Interactive PDF
Pigs walking through run. View from the back
Checklist for a simple plan

Print PDF
Record keeping
Combined records

Combined records for smaller holders.
Visitor log

Template for recording visitors to your site.
Treatment record

Template for recording treatments of your pigs.
Deaths record

Template for recording pig deaths on your site.
Pest and rodent control record

Template for recording pest and rodent control measures on your site.
Pig movements record

Template for recording pig movements to and from your site.
Mosquito control record

Example mosquito control record. 
Print-outs and posters
Disease pathways

Postcard size
Disease pathways

Poster size
Biosecurity checklist

Postcard size