Raw data for metagenomic analyses of environmental samples taken in a pig farm in Spain

This study is part of the HE-FARM project under the Horizon Europe programme, which aims to improve biosecurity on farms. Bacterial genera present in several areas of a pig farm were analyzed using high-throughput sequencing techniques.

Samples were collected from the skin and feces of animals, as well as from surfaces, water, and air. The analyses revealed a strong cor-relation between air and skin samples, supporting the idea that bacterial growth on skin is potentially a mechanism of aerosolization and airborne transport. A water–air trans-mission route also appears to be present, although the direction of the transport mecha-nism cannot yet be determined.