
Tag Archives Biosecurity — page 2

Automated washer a possible biosecurity, labour boon for hog producers
The Manitoba Pork Council has drawn a direct line between understaffing and outbreaks of PED

Avian flu outbreaks climb in Quebec poultry
Thirteen outbreaks reported in province so far in April

Manitoba Pork floats PED plan to producers
Working group says an elimination approach the only viable option

Spring planting work can kick up avian flu, feather sector warns
Three more poultry outbreaks confirmed in Canada so far this week

Small-scale farmers important for ASF prevention: Manitoba Pork
On smaller, specialty hog farms, herd health — while taken just as seriously — can look a lot different, say two producers
Smaller-scale farmers have a part to play in keeping deadly African swine fever (ASF) out of Manitoba’s swine herd, says the Manitoba Pork Council. “When African swine fever went from wild pigs in Germany into the domestic herd, the first time was a farm with four pigs, and the second time was a farm with
(Guest) Editor’s Take: Prevention is better than the cure

Boxing out African swine fever
Pork sector weighing compartmentalization framework for African swine fever fight

VIDEO: Zones versus compartments in biosecurity
Experts define zoning as ‘wartime’ disease management, while compartmentalization must take root in ‘peacetime,’ before disease is found

PED outbreak hits record levels
An atypical, and ongoing, fall-winter outbreak has experts worried about what spring will bring

High-path avian flu drops into southwestern Ontario
H5N1 confirmed on poultry farm