Cache Valley Virus May Have Affected North Dakota Sheep

The Cache Valley virus may have been responsible for recent abortions in sheep in central North Dakota. “Preliminary laboratory investigation implicates the Cache Valley virus,” says Neil Dyer, director of North Dakota State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. Determining whether Cache Valley was the cause of the abortions is difficult because the virus is not viable

Reporters Take A Peek Inside A Culled Elk

“Once in a while we get some large ones. When you cut it open, you see that the inside is much like the cream filling of a doughnut. It’s just disgusting. It’s offyellowy white, gooey, hideous stuff.” – Ken Kingdon Of the 28 elk killed this spring in Riding Mountain National Park, all have so


New Pig Disease Poses A Puzzle

“These pigs look very similar to pigs that simply starve to death.” – JOHN HARDING, U OF S Scientists at the University of Saskatchewan have discovered a new and baffling swine ailment in which newly weaned pigs fail to eat and starve to death. Postweaning Wasting/ Catabolic Syndrome (PWCS), can cause death losses of up

Scientists Target Fusarium Mycotoxins

University of Guelph scientists have found a potential tool to reduce the effects of deoxynivalenol (DON), a common mycotoxin produced by the cereal crop fungus fusarium head blight. Chris Hall, a professor in Guelph’s School of Environmental Sciences worked with recent PhD graduate Patrick Doyle, lead author of a paper published recently in the Journal

Hog Producer Hailed For Philanthropy

The Loewen Foundation and the Steinbach Community Foundation have named Ste. Anne-area hog farmer Marg Rempel as their Philanthropist of the Year. According to a newsletter from the Manitoba Pork Council, the award includes a $2,000 donation to an organization of the recipient’s choice, which Rempel has directed to the Bethesda Foundation, supporting Steinbach’s Bethesda


Manitoba Dogs Monitored For Lyme Disease

Manitoba’s veterinarians are tracking the incidence of Lyme disease in dogs to contribute to veterinary and public health official understanding of the geographic presence of this bacterial infection transmitted to animals and humans through deer tick bites. A simple in-clinic blood test typically run in conjunction with heartworm testing identifies to veterinarians if a dog

Anaplasmosis Strikes Cattle In Eastern Manitoba

“It seems to be limited to this one area.” – DR. LYNN BATES, CFIA Manitoba’s first anaplasmosis outbreak in 40 years has produced 305 infected cattle, or reactors, on eight farms in the eastern region of the province. The herds are all in an area west of the Winnipeg River in the rural municipalities of

Hog farmers’ PRRS plan may depend on neighbourhood

Hog farmers may need to consider where they’re farming when it comes time to decide how to cope with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS). Those whose barns are close to a lot of other hog farms ought to aim to stabilize their herd and realize that there will be another bout of PRRS, likely