{"id":3979,"date":"2025-03-20T15:28:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smec.iastate.edu\/smec\/?page_id=3979"},"modified":"2025-03-25T02:45:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T02:45:56","slug":"water-line-biology-and-disinfection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smec.iastate.edu\/smec\/water-line-biology-and-disinfection\/","title":{"rendered":"Water line biology and disinfection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hero\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__text-wrap\">\n\t\t<nav class=\"iastate22-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n\t<ol class=\"iastate22-breadcrumb__list\">\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smec.iastate.edu\/smec\">Home<\/a><\/li><li><a aria-current=\"page\">Page<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWater Line Biology and Disinfection\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<p>Water biology is a critical yet often overlooked component of swine biosecurity. Water is one of the largest inputs into swine farms with up to thousands of gallons consumed daily, which presents a biosecurity risk. Biofilms in water distribution systems in swine farms may serve as a reservoir for pathogens and could reduce the efficacy of overall biosecurity procedures.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For more information and recent publications:<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--link-set\">\n\t<div class=\"link-set\">\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalhogfarmer.com\/livestock-management\/impacting-pig-livability-through-water-line-biology\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImpacting pig livability through water line biology\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kZWm1ZjA95U\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Gabi Doughan: Biofilms in Water Lines\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/isusmecpod\/1878332\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWater Line Biology: An Update\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"https:\/\/www.pigprogress.net\/health-nutrition\/health\/improved-water-pipe-management-in-swine-farms\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImproved water pipe management in swine farms\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For more information and recent publications:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3979","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smec.iastate.edu\/smec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smec.iastate.edu\/smec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smec.iastate.edu\/smec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smec.iastate.edu\/smec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smec.iastate.edu\/smec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3979"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.smec.iastate.edu\/smec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4016,"href":"https:\/\/www.smec.iastate.edu\/smec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3979\/revisions\/4016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smec.iastate.edu\/smec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}