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.
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 Canadian Swine Health Board says, by working together regionally, pork producers are creating the opportunity to eliminate costly viral diseases.
Aon Benfield says the Canadian Swine Health Board’s initiatives aimed at improving on farm biosecurity are making the development of a national mortality insurance program for swine much easier.
The Canadian Swine Health Board reports pork producers have responded positively to the call to be vaccinated against the seasonal flu.
The Canadian Swine Health Board is appealing to pork industry stakeholders to provide the core funding support that will allow its work to continue beyond 2013.
Canada’s chief veterinary officer and chief food safety officer says the health of Canada’s swine herd has a key role to play in helping pork producers contribute to Canada’seconomy.
The chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board says improved communications among those working in the area of swine health is resulting in higher levels of success.
The Canadian Swine Health Board expects its National Biosecurity Training program to be launched in two more provinces early in the new year.
The Canadian Swine Health Board says seasonal flu vaccinations can protect both people and the pigs they work with from influenza.
