The Canadian Swine Health Board has announced operations that complete the National Biosecurity Training Program will be recognized with signage.
An estimated 40 percent of Ontario pork producers have now completed the first stage of a new national on-farm biosecurity training program.
An Associate Professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine says a stepped up focus on biosecurity is the best defense against the introduction of swine dysentery onto hog operations.
Outbreaks of swine vesicular disease in Italy have prompted the Canadian Swine Health Board to advise Canadian pork producers to step up their focus on biosecurity.
A Southern Manitoba swine veterinarian foresees a greater reliance on new technology to diagnose and track the movement of swine diseases in Canada.
The Chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board is confident new tools developed in response to porcine circovirus will help pork producers contend with the re-emergence of swine dysentery.
The Chair of the Ontario Swine Health Advisory Board says new programs developed by the Canadian Swine Health Board are providing pork producers the tools they need to keep their operations free of swine dysentery.
An Associate Professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine is advising pork producers to step up their focus on biosecurity to guard against the introduction of swine dysentery.
The Chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board says, by working together regionally, pork producers are creating the opportunity to eliminate costly viral diseases.
A new national farm level biosecurity training program for swine operations will be rolled out in Saskatchewan early in the new year.
