Owning a Pedigree Pig - Notifiable Diseases

Certain diseases such as Foot and Mouth are Notifiable Diseases. If you suspect that your pigs have been infected you MUST inform your local Animal Health Office. Leaflets are available. One of the most likely routes of infection is the feeding of infected meat to pigs. You cannot feed any kind of catering or kitchen waste to farmed animals. Catering waste is defined as all waste food, whether raw or cooked, including used cooking oils, which arise in premises such as:

• Household kitchens
• Restaurants
• Fish and Chips/Pizza/Kebab shops
• Takeaway shops
• Canteens
• Cafés
• Vegetarian kitchens/restaurants


Remember! Years of conservation breeding can be wiped out at a stroke by a disease epidemic such as the Foot and Mouth outbreak of 2001. It is every pedigree breeder’s responsibility to help maintain national biosecurity.

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