The Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network reports a disease simulation workshop has raised questions over who would take the lead in the event of an animal health emergency.
The Canadian Swine Health Board says pork industry stakeholders are expressing a willingness to provide financial support to help maintain initiatives undertaken to help protect the Canadian swine herd from the risk of disease.
The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board is planning a survey of Western Canada PRRS-Free Herd Certification Pilot Project participants to assess the value PRRS-Free certification.
A veterinarian with Greenbelt Swine Veterinary Services says an event detection system, being developed as part of the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network, will provide earlier indications of developing disease issues.
Researchers working on behalf of the Canadian Swine Health Board are confident the use of air filtration has the potential to be a game changer when it comes to protecting swine from airborne viruses.
Research being conducted by the University of Guelph has raised new questions about the role nutrition during the nursery phase plays in the ability of pigs to ward of disease challenges.
Manitoba Public Health is urging Manitobans to use caution when working around or cleaning out areas where it appears that mice are living.
A swine veterinarian with the U.S. based National Pork Board says regional projects aimed at controlling PRRS have fostered a heightened willingness among producers to share animal health information.
Canada’s swine producers and other pork industry stakeholders are being urged to demonstrate their support for national initiatives aimed at protecting pigs from infectious disease.
The executive director of the Canadian Swine Health Board says, even in these tough economic times, Canada’s pork producers continue to respond positively to national efforts aimed at reducing the risk the transmission of disease to our swine herd.
