A new video produced by Manitoba Pork Council demonstrates the use of both conventional and new needleless injection technologies for administering veterinary medications to swine.
Needleless injection offers a virtually pain free alternative to conventional methods for administering medication to livestock.
A new 17 minute video, shot at the University of Manitoba’s swine research facilities at the Glenlea Research Station and produced by Manitoba Pork Council, demonstrates the use of conventional needles and syringes and the new needleless injection technology.
Manitoba Pork Council quality assurance and labor programs manager Miles Beaudin says needless injection offers a range of animal welfare and food safety benefits.
The purpose of video was to create a resource of best production practices for the use of conventional syringe and needle and that of the new technology, needleless injectors.
To date there continues to be broken needles found within packing plants across Canada and I felt that Manitoba Pork Council needed to demonstrate leadership across Canada to address this issue.
Not only does this video reinforce recommended best practices but this video also paves the way to demonstrate the new technology and will help producers further increase their animal welfare on the farm.
Thirdly in Manitoba MAFRI, the Manitoba government, has recently provided funding for subsidization of needleless injectors to the amount of two thousand dollars per gun for every farm in Manitoba that is on the food safety program, the Canadian Quality Assurance Program.
Beaudin says, because needleless injection is so new and because the subsidy program has only recently been announced, adoption of the technology has been limited but he expects much more interest in the near future.
He says, while he would like to see full adoption of needleless injection, it will be up to the market place to decide.
The new video is available through Manitoba Pork Council.
Source: Farmscape.Ca
