Manitoba Pork Council expects a study planned for the new year to provide the province’s pork producers greater insight into the value of needleless injection.
Researchers with the University of Manitoba are preparing to launch a study which will compare the ease of use of needleless injectors to conventional needles and syringes, their effect on animal performance and the effectiveness of the medications administered.
Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives recently introduced a program under which pork producers enrolled in the Canadian Quality Assurance Program are eligible for rebates of up to two thousand dollars on the purchase of a needleless injector.
Manitoba Pork Council quality assurance and labor programs manager Miles Beaudin says the research study will commence in the next couple of months.
Because the technology is new and because the subsidization for these guns has only recently been announced.
There has been approximately less than five applications for the purchase of the gun to been made.
Manitoba Pork Council is again the leader who was responsible for the study.
To make the project as professional as possible the project will be managed by University of Manitoba.
Manitoba Pork Council has been instrumental in getting the funding for the project.
Now Manitoba Pork Council will step back and let the University of Manitoba take over the project to ensure that it’s done in a world class manner.
We have chosen a site that has several thousand pigs on it at all times and this will allow for a very large sample size and ensure that the project gets the information it needs.
Beaudin expects to see much more interest in needleless injection technology in the near future.
He says he would like to see full adoption of the technology however he concedes it will be up to the market place to decide the level of uptake.
The study is expected to take about six months start to finish and once complete a research report will be circulated among the province’s pork producers and the information is expected to be presented during producer seminars.
Source: Farmscape.Ca
