Elanco Animal Health has unveiled a new product designed to reduce the incidence and severity of diarrhea caused by E. Coli in weaned pigs.
The Director of Animal Health with Hylife says the ability to assure customers that the meat they purchase will be completely free of needle fragments has enabled the company to justify the added costs of adopting needle-free injection systems.
The chair Karl Kynoch is encouraging pork industry stakeholders to review proposed changes to Canada’s Health of Animals regulations and express any concerns those changes might raise.
The Agri-Food Traceability Coordinator with MAFRI says livestock producers have been highly supportive of the province’s Premises Identification Program.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives announced an information-sharing agreement that will strengthen food safety and animal health management in Manitoba and across the country.
A feeding trial conducted at the University of Alberta’s Swine Research and Technology Centre has shown lentils can be included at rates as high as 20 percent in the diets of weanling pigs without any negative impact on performance.
Pfizer Animal Health says interest is building in a product newly registered in Canada as an alternative to physical castration of boars.
Research conducted by the University of Alberta has concluded the diets of weanling pigs can include up to 20 percent lentils without any negative impacts on performance.
Pfizer Animal Health reports a product approved last month in Canada to help eliminate boar taint is generating considerable interest.
Pfizer Animal Health has begun the gradual introduction of a new product in Canada that eliminates boar taint in pork without the need for physical castration.
