News - Disease

The Canadian Association of Swine Veterinarians suggests efforts aimed at controlling PRRS have raised the level of awareness among producers of the importance of this disease and of practices that will help avoid its spread.

The Canadian Association of Swine Veterinarians is confident strategies developed through regional efforts aimed at controlling PRRS can be applied to the control of other disease that affect the Canadian swine herd.

The Canadian Swine Health Board says its new national swine biosecurity training program will provide pork producers the tools they need to help protect their industry from new and emerging diseases.

Manitoba public health officials are encouraging Manitobans to take advantage of spring and summer by enjoying outdoor activities, increasing physical activity and eating healthy including more local fresh foods.

The facilitator of the Western Canada PRRS-Free Herd Certification Pilot Project says the amount of time required to achieve certification under the new program will vary from farm to farm, depending on their individual records and on their individual schedule for testing.

The Canadian Swine Health Board is expressing relief with the outcome of Monday’s federal election which returned the Conservative government to power with a majority.

The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board hopes to begin testing swine herds in western Canada for PRRS-Free Herd Certification within the next few months.

The chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board says the rise in international people travel and increased international trade in goods has raised the risk of a foreign animal disease entering Canada.

Manitoba Pork Council is encouraging pork producers to step up their vigilance in ensuring the trucks that haul hogs from their farms do not bring in disease.

The head of Agriculture Canada’s Seed Increase Unit is encouraging swine producers to consider either hulless oats or hulless barley as one way of reducing the potential for mycotoxin contamination of feed from fusarium head blight.